If man is to remain the creator and master of his world then, Stirner maintains, … all that has been accepted, that has taken on the secure guise of … - John Carroll

In so far as the intention of education is to train the child for a vocation it is a millstone around his neck.

By punishing the criminal the moral man hopes to dissuade the evil imprisoned in his own breast from escaping. Fear of self is projected in hatred of the immoral other.

Any attempt to break with the past, or with existing social structures, is a failure if it leads to a bored, listless, and colourless style of life; assertive and enduring innovation, like the mastering of a new environment, requires the confidence and discipline which are founded on exuberant emotions.