Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice.

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

Knowledge stimulates mental faculties

I don’t hate you, ” I said, and I almost believed it.

I want my kids to be curious, to be interested in a lot of things, to be confident, and to feel they belong in any number of situations.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

Then there were things-- epic, terrible things-- that he didn't tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for pain.

Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.

Working in magazines these days is like one of those horror movies where people keep leaving the room and not coming back.

Here then, as I lay down the pen and proceed to seal up my confession, I bring the life of that unhappy Henry Jekyll to an end.

Like I've always said, what's hot must go cold.

No man has ever been a perfect ballplayer. Stan Musial, however, is the closest to being perfect in the game today.