To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self esteem, is capable of love - because he is the only man capable of holding firm, consistent, uncompromising, unbetrayed value. The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone

Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.

every man is free to rise as far as he's able or willing, but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which he'll rise.

She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.

Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The noblest love is born out of admiration of another's values.

Action without thought is mindlessness, and thought without action is hypocritical.

I have no faith at all. I only hold convictions.