The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them the support, advantages, and rewards of a popul...
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
The effort he demanded of his employees was hard to perform; the effort of himself was hard to believe.
The creator stands on his own judgment. The parasite follows the opinions of others. The creator thinks, the parasite copies. The creator produces, the parasite loots. The creator's concern is the con...
She thought how strange it would be if she ever said 'Hello' to him. One did not greet oneself each morning.
Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious
Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.
Rationality is man's basic virtue, the source of all his other virtues. Man's basic vice, the source of all evils, is the act of unfocussing his mind, the suspension of his conciousness, which is not...
It's only a matter of getting through the next few moments, she thought: take care of the next few moments, and then the next, a few at a time, and after a while it will be easier; you'll get over it,...
It's only a matter of discovering the lever. If you learn how to rule one single man's soul, you can get the rest of mankind. It's the soul, Peter, the soul. Not whips or swords or fire or guns. That'...
It's a curse, you know, to be able to look higher than you're allowed to reach.
It was useless to argue, she thought, and to wonder about people who would neither refute an argument nor accept it.
It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our...
If it were true, that old legend about appearing before a supreme judge and naming one’s record, I would offer, with all my pride, not any act I committed, but one thing I have never done on this eart...
I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.
I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfishly as my lungs breathe air. I breathe for my own necessity, for the fuel of my body, for my survival. I've given you, not my sac...
Dont switch the blame to her, that's the oldest trick of all cowards
Don't think. Believe. Trust your heart, not your brain. Don't think. Feel. Believe.
Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building , when and if you are an architect?Yes.My dear fellow, who will let you?That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?
Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it...