It's not a question of who will allow me to do it, it's a question of who will stop me.

Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to accept it? If you are selfless and virtuous when you give it, are they not selfish and vicious when they take it?

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

To the extent to which a man is rational, life is the premise directing his actions. To the extent to which he is irrational, the premise directing his actions is death.

To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality.

I guard my treasures: my thoughts, my will, my freedom. And the greatest of these is freedom.

A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!