By what he chooses to present and by how he presents it, any author expresses his fundamental, metaphysical values.

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

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.

The sacred-walk by child takes place with many endured attempts to stand on his or her feet.

TIME' is something to invest but for failed people, it is a thing to be passed.

No man ever wetted clay and then left it as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

To want to meet an author because you like his books is as ridiculous as wanting to meet the goose because you like pate de foie gras.

Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.... - Comte de Toulouse

We cannot set up, out of our heads, something we regard as an ideal society.

Ethics is not for wimps. It's not easy being a good person. That's why it's such a lofty goal and an admirable achievement

Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty.