The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing.

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

What's Management up to?" I whispered to Bennett."My guess is a new acronym, " he whispered. "Departmental Unification Management Business." He wrote down the ltters on his legal pad. "D.U.M.B.

The outer world is a reflection of our inner selves.

Soon the cold would force them inside, so they clutched at lost summer.

Let us weigh the gain and the loss, in wagering that God is. Consider these alternatives: if you win, you win all, if you lose you lose nothing. Do not hesitate, then, to wager that he is.

People who have a seeking heart still make mistakes. But their reaction to rebuke and correction shows the condition of that heart. It determines what God is able to do with them in the future.

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make you a better person, to understand the life that you lead more.

I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

It's people seeking more for themselves that has produced a better life for all Americans.