A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it continues the true source of national vigor and strength. Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself—and be lenient to everybody else.

It is the responsibility of leadership to work intelligently with what is given, and not to waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals.

We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.

The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.

Racism must be opposed by all means that humanity has at its disposal.

Racism is not dead, but it is on life support—kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as ‘racists’.

To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.

Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.

Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to the other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.

It was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.

I frame no hypotheses; for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called an hypothesis; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy.

It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.

Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.

I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.