There is only one source of authentic self-confidence: reason.

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

The principal art of the teacher is to awaken the joy in creation and knowledge.

I had risked everything and gained everything, and here I was of the world and in it.

I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you know, riffing when I shouldn't.

I think I'm very in touch with nature because I grew up in that surrounding. That's a big part of who I am; I don't know anything different.

Never underestimate the healing effects of beauty.

Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.

It's crazy in just the difference it makes turning up to sound check without a hangover.

Try to write poems at least one person in the room will hate.

What is better than a peaceful man? What is worse than an aggressive man?

You cannot be known Better than I know you.