It is easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think oneself noble than to base self-respect on personal standards of personal achievement.

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

The present becomes the past instantaneously. Look back by all means but remember that you’re moving forward.

Songs. Books. Poetry. Paintings. These things reveal truth. I believe lies and truth are tangled together.

A quality education prepares you to make a living, make better choices, and have more doors open as you build a solid life.

Tomorrow is a satire on today And shows its weakness.

That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.

There are a lot of so-called "good Americans" who are really a bunch of bums.

It is not at all incredible, that a book which has been so long in the possession of mankind should contain many truths as yet undiscovered.

I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.

I grow beyond my family's limitations and live for myself. It is my turn now.

Any two meals at a boarding-house are together less than two square meals.