The Urge To Destroy Is A Creative

To Revolt Is A Natural Tendency Of Life. Even A Worm Turns Against The Foot That Crushes It. In General, The Vitality And Relative Dignity Of An Animal Can Be Measured By The Intensity Of Its Instinct To Revolt.

Religion Is A Collective Insanity.

But I Recognize No Infallible Authority, Even In Special Questions; Consequently, Whatever Respect I May Have For The Honesty And The Sincerity Of Such Or Such An Individual, I Have No Absolute Faith In Any Person.

Powerful States Can Maintain Themselves Only By Crime, Little States Are Virtuous Only By Weakness.

Freedom, Morality, And The Human Dignity Of The Individual Consists Precisely In This; That He Does Good Not Because He Is Forced To Do So, But Because He Freely Conceives It, Wants It, And Loves It.