A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!

All work is an act of philosophy.

Kira, the highest thing in man is not his god. It's that in him which knows the reverence due a god. And you, Kira, are my highest reverence.

One method of destroying a concept is by diluting its meaning. Observe that by ascribing rights to the unborn, i.e., the nonliving, the anti-abortionists obliterate the rights of the living.

The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.

Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil. Life is the reward of virtue-and happiness is the goal and the reward of life.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.