I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command nor obey. And we shall join our hands when we wish, or walk alone when we so desire.

A Conformist is a man who declares, "It's true because others believe it" - but an Individualist is NOT a man who declares, "It's true because I believe it." An Individual declares, "I believe it because I see in reason that it is true.

An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.

An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced.

"You were not born to be a second-hander." Howard Roark to Gail Wynand in "The Fountainhead"

Life is the reward of virtue. And happiness is the goal and reward of life.

Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no inkling of the loneliness that comes when you reach the top. The loneliness for an equal - for a mind to respect and an achievement to admire.