A culture is made — or destroyed — by its articulate voices. - Ayn Rand

"He is free to evade reality, he is free to unfocus his mind and stumble blindly down any road he pleases, but not free to avoid the abyss he refuses to see."

"If that which we have found is the corruption of solitude, then what can men wish for save corruption? If this is the great evil of being alone, than what is good and what is evil?"

"Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness."

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

"The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity."