“There may not always be a way where there's a will, but on the other hand - if success isn't certain, neither is failure. **The Rules of Chaos (1969), p. 87”

“Far from securing order, terror intensifies disorder and social disintegration. Terror, the most extreme form of power, is the least effective, and rulers employ it to the detriment of their own authority. **The Rules of Chaos (1969), p 48”

“... our confidence in foretelling and influencing events increases in inverse ratio to our ability to do so. The farther we go from ourselves and from the present, the less we sense the probabilities, and it is easy for us to be "dead certain" about things we cannot possibly know anything about.**The Rules of Chaos (1969), p 23,24”

“People flock around the sorcerer, the priest, the scientist, the commissar, the psychiatrist, the drug pusher, each generation of the faithful pitying the victims of past fallacies, and this repetitive vanity keeps us stupider than we need to be. **The Rules of Chaos (1969), p 106”

“The world is full of people whom no one has put in chains but who bind themselves with frozen thoughts and fears. A man whose mind conforms to the conditioned responses of his daily life is a coward and a slave. **The Rules of Chaos (1969), p 84”

“If failure is not an option, then neither is success.”

“Certain other societies may respect the rule of force — we respect the rule of law.”

“Our success or failure is not in the hands of our leaders. It is in our hands.”

“There isn't another other sex. (p. 254)”

“This rule I propose,
Always have an ace in the hole. Always try to arrive at
Having an ace some place private. ”