"There is a deformity of baseness corresponding to the ugliness of the tyranny."

"To sow, that others may reap; to work and plant for those that are to occupy the earth when we are dead; to project our influences far into the future, and live beyond our time; to rule as the Kings of Thought, over men who are yet unborn; to bless with the glorious gifts of Truth and Light and Liberty those who will neither know the name of the giver, nor care in what grave his unregarded ashes repose, is the true office of a Mason and the proudest destiny of a man."

"True thoughts have duration in themselves. If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring; if the seed endures, the energy endures; if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure. The spirit is thought; thought is the heart; the heart is the fire; the fire is the Elixir."

"What We Have done for Ourselves Alone Dies With Us;What we have done for Others and the world Remais and is Immortal."

"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal."

"My rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) was one of the very few therapies that was originated partly or largely because I wanted to be brief and efficient. And therefore right from the start I was active and directive. I tried to show people some central masturbatory core to their philosophy and to get them to work at changing it cognitively, emotionally and behaviorally."

"Spirit and soul is horseshit of the worst sort. Obviously there are no fairies, no Santa Clauses, no spirits. What there is, is human goals and purposes as noted by sane existentialists. But a lot of transcendentalists are utter screwballs."

"For many years now I have had the quaint idea that all humans-yes, the whole six billion of them on this planet-are out of their fucking minds."

"Too many people are unaware that it is not outer events or circumstances that will create happiness; rather, it is our perception of events and of ourselves that will create, or uncreate, positive emotions."

"Insight will help you very little."

"Most things worth having require some sacrifice, usually more than you expect."

"Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good one, about what to tell yourself about the abuse."

"The goal of all life is to have a ball."

"You have only to exist as you do and to live your life as best you can."

"People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change."

"If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic."

"By not caring too much about what people think, I'm able to think for myself and propagate ideas which are very often unpopular. And I succeed."

"We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today."

"Whenever you avoid alarming situations, you almost always increase your anxiety about them."

"The individual is taught that there is nothing that he as a total person is to feel ashamed of or self-hating for."

"People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection."

"I think it's unfair, but they have the right as fallible, screwed-up humans to be unfair; that's the human condition."

"Unless, of course, you insist on identifying yourself with the people and things you love; and thereby seriously disturb yourself."