The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship.

No one is coming to save you.

It is a curious paradox of human history that a doctrine that tells human beings to regard themselves as sacrificial animals has been accepted as a doctrine representing benevolence and love for mankind.

Feel deeply to think clearly.

Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

... 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!'

The first love affair you must consummate is the love affair with yourself. Only then are you ready for a romantic relationship.