The writer who develops a beautiful style, but has nothing to say, represents a kind of arrested esthetic development; he is like a pianist who acquires a brilliant technique by playing finger-exercises, but never gives a concert.
Ayn RandThere are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all.
Ayn RandSince religion is a primitive form of philosophy โ an attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality โ many of its myths are distorted, dramatized allegories based on some element of truth, some actual, if profoundly elusive, aspect of man's existence.
Ayn Rand