Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.

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

Decisiveness is the number one quality of a dynamic leader

Life is but a passing shadow.

If you run a business, 80% of your business probably comes from 20% of your customers. If you are a creative person, 80% of your awards/recognition/income will come from 20% of your output.

Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!

I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion.

If you allow yourself to deepen with midlife, your experience of everything deepens, including your experience of God.

When I eat something like vegetable bibimbap, I get that warm and fuzzy feeling of eating stuff that I grew up with.

America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose.