The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me..

The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility,….

Don't help me or serve me, but let me see it once, because I need it. Don't work for my happiness, my brothers — show me yours — show me that it is p….

You who prattle that morality is social and that man would need no morality on a desert island - it is on a desert island that he would need it most.….

God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive..

The basic need of the creator is independence. The reasoning mind cannot work under any form of compulsion. It cannot be curbed, sacrificed or subord….

The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question..

If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others..

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality..

In all proper relationships there is no sacrifice of anyone to anyone. An architect needs clients, but he does not subordinate his work to their wish….

Productive work is the central purpose of a rational man's life, the central value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all his other valu….

Live a life as a monument to your soul..

If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled..

A 'whim' is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause..

I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals..

You don't have to see through the eyes of others, hold onto yours, stand on your own judgment, you know that what is, is–say it aloud, like the holie….

I am not the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for….

Your soul has a single basic function-the act of valuing..

To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the eff….

I will not die, it's the world that will end." paraphrase of unknown philosopher.

Under the antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. If he complies with one of these la….