Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification.

What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or compulsion.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as a justification for their seizure of my property or their destruction of my life.

Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men.

To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person. A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite. The love of a parasite is worth nothing.