max stirner

“ From the moment when he catches sight of the light of the world, a man seeks to find out himself and get hold of himself. ”

“ We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression. ”

“ What is it, then, that is called a 'fixed idea'? An idea that has subjected the man to itself. ”

“ If the child has not an object that it can occupy itself with, it feels ennui; for it does not yet know how to occupy itself with itself. ”

“ Their torment torments, their refreshment refreshes me too; I can kill them, not torture them. ”

“ One goes further with a handful of might than with a bagful of right. ”

“ For me you are nothing butmy food, even as I too am fed upon and turned to use by you. ”

“ I am the true human being. ”

“ A race of altruists is necessarily a race of slaves. A race of free men is necessarily a race of egoists. ”

“ Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes. ”