The only man never to be redeemed is the man without passion.

Do not let your fire go out.

Freedom of association includes the freedom not to associate.

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.

A rational man knows-or makes it a point to discover-the source of his emotions, the basic premises from which they come.

I am not morally obligated to care more for a man than he cares for himself.

Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned.