Those who say theory and practice are two unrelated realms are fools in one and scoundrels in the other.

Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: “I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense.” An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.

Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont

...only the pleasure which proceeds from a rational value judgement can be regarded as moral, pleasure, as such, is not a guide to action nor a standard of morality.

Any alleged 'right' of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.

A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

Individualism regards man - every man - as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful co-existence among men, can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights - and that a group, as such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members.