"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."
"Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own existence--and every achievement is an expression of it."
"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."
"Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?"
"A moment or an eternity—did it matter? Life, undefeated, existed and could exist."
"I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between."