The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.

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

What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We.

My views on charity are very simple. I do not consider it a major virtue and, above all, I do not consider it a moral duty. There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them. I regard charity as a marginal issue. What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.

Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.

The more propaganda . . . conservatives spread for capitalist economics while at the same time preaching collectivism morally and philosophically , the more nails they’ll drive into capitalism’s coffin.