“Remember that animals are born to live their own lives, not to serve you! Do not use them; do not exploit them. Let them live their own lives.”

“No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.'-Rand”

“Why do they blame me for all their little failings? They use my name as if I spent my entire days sitting on their shoulders, forcing them to commit acts they would otherwise find repulsive. 'The devil made me do it.' I have never made one of them do anything. Never. They live their own tiny lives. I do not live their lives for them.”

“Remember you don't own people, let them decide, choose and live. There is no inferiority and superiority; it is just your crazy imagination.”

“Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.”

“A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the laws which pertain to them”