“Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.”

“People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society can be ruled only by fear, a truth that tyrants understand all too well”

“Ego, Identity and Self - the 3 concepts of one's creation that defines them entirely. Have an Ego, for without one, there is nothing but self-doubt. Have an Identity, for without one, there is nothing but an empty shell. Understand your 'Self,' for if you don't, then who or what are you?”

“Over time, any deception destroys intimacy, and without intimacy couples cannot have true and lasting love.”

“These are the sort of things people ought to look at. Things without pretensions, satisfied to be merely themselves.”

“Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.”