Capitalism and altruism are incompatible; they are philosophical opposites; they cannot co-exist in the same man or in the same society.

Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.

Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy . . . Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values, and finds his joy in nothing but rational actions.

If a man wants love he should correct his weaknesses, or his flaws, and he may deserve it. But he cannot expect the unearned, either in love or in money; either in matter or in spirit.

No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man. There can be no such thing as " the right to enslave .

If a dedication page were to precede the total of my work, it would read: To the glory of Man.

A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.

What is man? He's just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.

A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!