No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.

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

It is not the presence of despair that ails you, but the absence of hope.

Some men will take you to the movies. Some will take you to the mountaintop.

There are other things to a woman than taking her to bed.

Obstacles are real only for those who surrender the obstacles in their minds!

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.

An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically there are no limits to his involvement.

There is no reconciliation until you recognize the dignity of the other, until you see their view- you have to enter into the pain of the people. You've got to feel their need.

I walk around the world like a ghost, and sometimes I question whether I even exist. Whether I've ever existed at all.

If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.