“The social order, though necessary, is essentially evil, whatever it may be.”

“Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty. ”

“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”

“Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.”

“To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.”

“Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it. ”

“To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do with respect for property, respectability, and sincerity. ”