But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.

In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest.

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.

According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek.

Not an old woman that buys a paper of pins, without yielding a part of the price to the banks as interest!

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.

When not only gold but all commodities are available for the redemption of the paper currency, its volume is limited only by the value of all the wealth of the country, and it can never become insecure up to this limit.

However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.

At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.

Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.

Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows.

You are forever alone.

It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

Modern money is almost altogether credit money.

In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.

Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.

Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire.

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

Capital, however capital may be defined, would practically cease to exist as an income producing fund, for the simple reason that if money, wherewith to buy capital, could be obtained for one-half of one per cent, capital itself could command no higher price.

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.

The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

However near and dear to you may be your wife children friends they are not you they are outside of you.

If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.

Well, I probably, I guess first became aware of the whole, what I call the nuclear complex or weapons work those kinds of things, right out of law school.

I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.

The world is ending, make no mistake. It's coming to an end. This can't go on for much longer. Capitalism has to fall.

I never presumed that a technique of composition or an idea was so special that just using it would guarantee the quality of the music.

I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.

If I'd just been interested in record sales, I would have taken one of the deals I was offered after 'Soapstar Superstar,' made a quick covers album and probably had some success for five minutes. I decided that wasn't for me.

Did Superman really want to save the world, or did he just feel like he had to? Would he much rather be a farmer? Maybe. Would he much rather be hanging out with his dad and his mom and his dog? Probably.

Primitive societies without religion have never been found.

Approach each new day as a new opportunity to be the person you aspire to be.

Our age of mechanization leads along a road ending with man himself as a machine. Only the spirit of singing can save us from this fate.

The fabric of a garden is determined as much by its textures as by its tonal range and architectural flair.

Maintaining the dignity of my subjects has grown to be, over the years, an imperative in my work, both in the taking of the pictures and in their presentation.

The PoWs went through something so horrible, you don't know who's coming back.

If you're not a beautiful person, you can't do anything about it.

When your product solves a problem that costs customers sleep, revenue, or profits, things are definitely looking up.

But the place which you have selected for your camp though never so rough and grim begins at once to have its attractions and becomes a very centre of civilization to you Home is home be it never so homely.

I told the caterer I'd work for nothing if he'd teach me about catering. I lasted one week full-time. It was exhausting.

We live in Palo Alto, which has, fortunately, one of the greatest school districts in the country.