Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont

There is no hope for the world unless and until we formulate, accept and state publicly a true moral code of individualism, based on man's inalienable right to live for himself. Neither to hurt nor to serve his brothers, but to be independent of them in his function and in his motive. Neither to sacrifice them for himself nor to sacrifice himself for them.

I've always thought that a feeling which changes never existed in the first place.

You don't love causes. You don't love everybody indiscriminately. You love only those who deserve it.

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

A man who seeks escape from the responsibility of supporting his life by his own thought and effort, and wishes to survive by conquering, ruling and exploiting others, is NOT an Individualist.

I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need. I wished to come here and say that I am a man who does not exist for others." - Howard Roark