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

But there are people who'll try to hurt you through the good they see in you--knowing that it's the good, needing it and punishing you for it. Don't let it break you when you discover that.

No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon)

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

As long as men are free to speak, a small, rational minority will always prevail over an irrational majority.

Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life.

Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn’t done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity.