A 'whim' is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?

Every aspect of Western culture needs a new code of ethics - a rational ethics - as a precondition of rebirth.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

But I don't think of you. - Howard Roark

A stream of thoughts flows through one’s mind at a sacred-time.

He couldn't suppress the grin that curves his lips. "In fact, I'm the only man who belongs in your bed from now on.

Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.

Somewhere, a sparrow is singing in B minor.

Pain is life. Life is pain.

The thing I realized this last few days is that the earth is a big place.

Dialogue cannot exist without humility.

Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.

The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness.