I feel that others live up to me, if they want me.

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

Comedy was invented to make people forget, That the plays of our lives were originally written as tragedies.

I don't miss the obligation to be opinionated, but I do regret the chance to share a joy.

There is no joy in possession without sharing.

I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.

Be empty. Be still. Just watch everything come and go. This is the way of Nature.

Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.

Creative people who can't help but explore other mental territories are at greater risk, just as someone who climbs a mountain is more at risk than someone who just walks along a village lane.

I suppose you could never explain to the most ingenous molusk that such a creature as a whale existed.

Phenomena complex-laws simple....Know what to leave out.

I will make a Star-chamber matter of it.