“A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.”

“The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.”

“Fransisco, what's the most depraved type of human being?-The man without purpose.”

“To me there's only one form of human depravity-the man without a purpose.”

“The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men.”

“Because the beauty of the human body is that it hasn't a single muscle which doesn't serve its purpose; that there's not a line wasted; that every detail of it fits one idea, the idea of a man and the life of a man.”

“Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity.”