“Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”

“Any human being who accepts the help of another, knows that good will is the giver's only motive and that good will is the payment he owes in return.”

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”

“I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.”

“When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty from suffering, it is the innocent whom one forces to suffer. There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.”

“If everybody were compelled to have the proper kind of education, we'd have a better world. If we force people to do good, they will be free to be happy.”

“An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.”