An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.

Mysticism requires the notion of the unknowable, which is revealed to some and withheld from others; this divides men into those who feel guilt and those who cash in on it.

Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us." Roark: "But I don't think of you.

Love is our response to our highest values.

If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . . Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability.

Degrees do not matter... one does not bargain about inches of evil.

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.