“My philosophy is the philosophy of the Ego. And it is the philosophy of the Ego because I am an Egoist.”— John Henry Mackay
“The man who is motivated by the content of his own consciousness, not by the commands of others, is an egoist.”— Leonard Peikoff
“The divine is God's concern; the human, man's. My concern is neither the divine nor the human... but solely what is mine... and it is unique, as I am unique.”— Max Stirner
“What is not supposed to be my concern! First and foremost, the Good Cause, then God's cause, the cause of mankind, of truth, of freedom, of humanity, of justice... Only my cause is never to be my concern.”— Max Stirner
“I am my own only when I am master of myself, instead of being mastered either by sensuality or by anything else.”— Max Stirner