The conformist is not born. He is made. I believe the brainwashing process begins in the schools and colleges.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

I am neither for conformity nor non-conformity. I am for individuality. If one's individuality is in effect non-conformity, then so be it. But basically, one's individuality consists of conformity--to one's self.

It then becomes necessary to stop short and make a choice: Either/Or. Either one drifts with their absurd system of ideas, believing that this is the human community. Or one dissents totally from their system of ideas and stands as a lonely human being. (But luckily one notices that the others are in the same crisis and making the same choices.)

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.