Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.

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

You can observe a lot just by watching.

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur

I shall now express my utter disgust and anger with you through the piano.

When I look at you as if you're crazy it's not that I judge you for your insanity.

Oxygen deprivation and supplemental oxygen are both bio-hazards for Mauna Kea workers

I'm really vulnerable onstage because it's just me. I'm not really trying to put up a front or act a certain way.

Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard

Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

We prate of freedom; we are in deadly fear of life, as much of our own American scene betrays.

It's no coincidence that good words make us feel good and that hurtful or angry words make us feel bad. There is a 100 percent correlation between the words we choose and how we feel.