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.

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

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

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.

Without music, life would be a mistake.

Censorship may promote the lies, but it does not alter the truth.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this.

It's the greatest compliment when the writer becomes invisible in the whole process.

When it comes to beauty, I'm all about lashes right now.

I cherish my every connection. I see the other in myself and myself in others.

You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.

Modo, et modo, non habebent modum. By-and-by has no end.

There is no greater blessing than a family hand that lifts you from a fall; but there is not lower curse than a family hand that strikes you when you're down.