Do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement.

every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortlandt. - Howard Roark

But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.

The question of whether one alleges the Superiority or Inferiority of any given race is irrelevant; racism has only one psychological root: the racist's sense of his own Inferiority.

It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much.