Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

Those who can think, but cannot express what they think, place themselves at the level of those who cannot think.

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all.

As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

Those who can truly be accounted brave are those who best know the meaning of what is sweet in life and what is terrible, and then go out, undeterred, to meet what is to come.

Better die standing than live kneeling.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

I don't differentiate much, except in degree, between people who believe in religion from those who believe in astrology, magic or the supernatural.

Sooner or later you'll hear what your heart has always been telling you:stop trying to be who you think you should be - become who you are.

Let us humour if we can The vertical man Though we value none But the horizontal one.

Perception is reality, but it may not be actuality, and you have got to be able to keep the difference between that.

Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true.

Tis human actions paint the chart of time.

In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called the work a poem.

All things move on, good and bad. Never get too high or too low.

I've already said you can't take anything from me that I wouldn't freely give you.

Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.