Aphorisms 1

Would gold really be so valuable if it was plentiful to every man? In the same way, would life really be valuable if there were not so much death?

The less you feel is owed to you the less you are obligated to do; the more you feel you are owed, the more obligations.

It is not non-conformity that is rebellion, but conformity. Ultimately, any attempt to mold man to a certain pre-determined cast qualifies as a revolt against nature itself.

When I refer to myself as an anarchist it is not violence I am endorsing, rather it is violence I am opposing; for the state always and everywhere is a violent agent, no matter how benevolent its ends.

Peace is not a dream far off, for the fact that others are violent does not excuse you from taking the first step.

If you like smoking, then smoke. If you like eating, then eat. If you like danger, then revel in it. What can a few extra years add to your life besides delaying the inevitable?

Scientists have replaced priests, universities have replaced churches, and text books have replaced holy books; but ultimately the only difference between the state religion of today and the state religion of the past is the trappings, for the intolerance, the dogmatism, and the controlling nature remain the same.

All actions are a gamble, some just have higher risk and lower reward than others.

If one does not examine the ideas of others objectively, no matter how much those ideas may seem to violate your inchoate moral convictions, then what can we say about the surety you have of your own beliefs?

There is no need to ramble on about conspiracy theories, for if I know one thing it is this; as long as there is wealth, power, and wicked men there shall always be conspiracies.

The lessons of gluttony are found in the garbage can.

Political battles do not break down to some conflict between an ill-defined "left" and "right," but between the clear-cut concepts of liberty on one hand and compulsion on the other.

There is no greater evil than hypocrisy, for what good can be said of an evil man who lives genuinely is far greater than that which can be said about a phony saint.

The greatest society is not that takes seriously the concept of majority rule, but one with a profound respect for the fundamental rights of even the most unpopular of all individuals. It is out of this that the greatness of America was born; let us not lose sight of that.

A man who has his whole life planned out in front of him is the most miserable man indeed, for he rejects all that is beautiful in life, the mysterious, the unknown.

Society was clearly meant to grow organically and because all regimentation is attempting to make unnatural the natural it is doomed to fail its its fundamental goals.

If at first you don't succeed then look for something better to do.

God, principles, comrades, self; after that comes everything and everybody.