It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.

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

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

You don't need to get anywhere or be anything more than the beautiful soul that you already are.

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.

If money is all that a man makes, then he will be poor - poor in happiness, poor in all that makes life worth living.

The idle always have a mind to do something.

Infinity is a fathomless gulf, into which all things vanish.

Geddy once joked, 'You're the only guy I know who rehearses to rehearse!

My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games.

On a cold winter morning a cigar fortifies the soul.

A poem is a record of a discovery.