...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.

Whether it’s a symphony or a coal mine, all work is an act of creating and comes from the same source: from an inviolate capacity to see through one’s own eyes-which means: the capacity to perform a rational identification- which means: the capacity to see, to connect and to make what had not been seen, connected and made before.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

If, before undertaking some action, you must obtain the permission of society-you are not free, whether such permission is granted to you or not. Only a slave acts on permission. A permission is not a right.

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

Capitalism is based on individual rights - not on the sacrifice of the individual to the 'public good' of the collective.