Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.

You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.

What is morality, she asked. Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price.

Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil. Life is the reward of virtue-and happiness is the goal and the reward of life.

It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth.

About Mike the construction worker, friend of Roark: "He worshipped expertness of any kind. He loved his work passionately and had no tolerance for anything save for other single-track devotions. He was a master in his own filed and felt no sympathy except for mastery. His view of the world was simple: there were the able and there were the incompetent; he was not concerned with the latter."

To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it.