To preserve one's mind intact through a modern college education is a test of courage and endurance, but the battle is worth it and the stakes are the highest possible to man: the survival of reason.

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

The fire spread from the small cinder then the flames will become strong

There is only one meaning of life the act of living itself.

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.

Genius abhors consensus because when consensus is reached, thinking stops. Stop nodding your head.

The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all.

When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

The idea that the mind can extend even beyond the body is an intriguing one, and is bound to become more pressing as we increasingly develop technologies that augment our natural abilities.

Somehow or other I always got myself rigged up in something sensational.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success

It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead.