Many words have been granted me, and some are wise, and some are false, but only three are holy: "I will it!

All work is an act of philosophy.

Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.

What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

If you tell an amateur that his story is not good, he always declares indignantly: 'Oh, but it really happened just like this!' The writer who doesn't understand that this is beside the point is not a writer at all.

I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.