Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.

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

When mom and dad went to war the only prisoners they took were the children

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Kiss an angel good morning and love her like the devil when you get back home.

There is no difference between someone who eats too little and sees Heaven and someone who drinks too much and sees snakes.

God has given us evidence sufficiently clear to convince those with an open heart and mind.

I told myself a while back, 'Love what you do, but don't fall in love with what you do.' That way you won't be brokenhearted if ever it gets canceled five episodes in - which has happened to me.

I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.

Most movies are made today for teenage boys. Once in a while a good one comes along.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.