I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. Particularly when one can't see the details. Just the shapes. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need?

I understood that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.

The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap.

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

Roark smiled, "Gail, if this boat were sinking, I'd give my life to save you. Not because it's any kind of duty. Only because I like you, for reasons and standards of my own. I could die for you. But I couldn't and wouldn't live for you.

to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to offer.