Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute - and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to grasp? The nature of your actions - and of your ambition - will be different, according to which set of answers you come to accept.

Believing in fate produces fate. Believing in freedom will create infinite possibilities.

If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts you agree with

I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.

I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence.

Men prosper or fail, survive or perish in proportion to the degree of their rationality.

All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.