There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them.

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

This one's for Alaska Young!

Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

Always remember your days are blessed. You may know how to profit from them or you may not, but they are blessed.

You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great you have to give it all you've got-your everything.

I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life.

Sceptics are generally ready to believe anything, provided it is sufficiently improbable.

I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.

The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?

There was one species of despotism under which he had long groaned, and that was petticoat government.