The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves. - Ayn Rand

Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?

And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. This god, this one word: 'I.'

Reason can be fought with reason. How are you going to fight the unreasonable? The trouble with you, my dear, and with most people, is that you don’t have sufficient respect for the senseless. The senseless is the major factor in our lives. You have no chance if it is your enemy.