The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who... - Ayn Rand

"Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values."

"Man is an end in himself."

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

"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."

"The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it."