When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion...th at in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing-you may know that your society is doomed.

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

You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space before you forget that words are sometimes used for things other than filling emptiness.

What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank?

Peace comes from being aligned with the present moment. Wherever you are, you feel that you are home—because you are home.

The Armenian genocide was also a Holocaust, but it wasn't my Holocaust.

We go to the cinema we see images projected on the screen - but they're not real, they're only images.

I have to do what's right.

No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.

The study of nature is a limitless field, the most fascinating adventure in the world.

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.