Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth.

Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy--a joy without penalty or guilt, a joy that does not clash with any of your values and does not work for your own destruction, not the joy of escaping from your mind, but of using your mind's fullest power, not the joy of faking reality, but of achieving values that are real, not the joy of a drunkard, but of a producer.

The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another.

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

A society without intellectuals is like a body without a head

It is a sin to write this.

There can be no compromise on moral principles.