And here, over the portals of my fort, I shall cut in the stone the word which is to be my beacon and my banner. The word which will not die should we all perish in battle. The word which can never die on this earth, for it is the heart of it and the meaning and the glory. The sacred word: EGO

She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.

It is morally obscene to regard wealth as an anonymous, tribal product and to talk about 'redistributing' it.

Art is the indispensable medium for the communication of a moral ideal.

You don't build for the way people live, but for the way they should live. I don't write about people as they are, but as they could be and should be.