We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

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

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.

When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.

When you travel, there really are no mistakes--just learning opportunities.

The fact that Washington has been a complete logjam for anything for the last six years has got to change because we need to have federal policy that really allows us to move quickly and nimbly.

Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly . prime it with a little solitude.

The world belongs to the articulate.

The task of building a great university is never simple.

Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is.

Marriage, at first, may seem like it will last forever. But surprisingly, a lot of the times, it shatters easily. Like porcelain.

The world of sight is still limitless. It is the artist who limits vision to the cramped dimensions of his own ego.

You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.