Feel deeply to think clearly.

Sometimes pain is easier to bear alone than happiness.

... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little to discourage this trend.... Rand had often protested, 'Protect me from my followers!'

Capitalism, by its nature, entails a constant process of motion, growth and progress.

The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism.

A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.

The desire for self-esteem without integrity is like the desire for wealth without effort-a longing for the unearned.