It's not a question of who will allow me to do it, it's a question of who will stop me.

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

If peace is what every government says it seeks, and peace is the yearning of every heart, why aren't we studying it and teaching it in schools?

Life is complicated. It's a form of joy to have no other choice.

I didn't raise you I be good and weak. I raised you to be powerful and happy.

The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.

My favorite Dylan song? I think it's 'Just Like a Woman.' It always makes me cry.

If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest, we're not actually improving anything. We're not changing anything.

All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one.

Until we understand that our grief outweighs a thousand joys, we will never understand what Christianity is all about.

Every time you buy tickets on Ticketmaster, you help to digitize a book.

Love consists in feeling the Sacred One beating inside the loved one.