As long as men are free to speak, a small, rational minority will always prevail over an irrational majority.

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

To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.

i just know no one is a friend like writing .

You can take a my body out of Nepal but you can never take my soul and Heart from a Nepal .

The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop building one in which it will be impossible to live at all.

I read books and talked to people. I mean that's kind of how one learns anything. There's lots of great books out there & lots of smart people.

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.

When I fall in love I'm obsessed.

They say great themes make great novels

My husband melted my heart the day he asked me, "Can I participate in your wonder?" In whose wonder do you get to participate today?

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.