“Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.”

“so you see, Roark though it is to be a religious edifice, it is also more than that. you notice that we call it the temple of the human spirit. We want to capture- in stone, as others capture in music- not some narrow creed, but the essence of all religion. and what is the essence of religion? The great aspiration of the human spirit toward the highest, the noblest, the best. the great life giving force of the universe. The heroic human spirit.”

“Freedom - that word that the human spirit feeds: that no one can explain, and anyone who does not understand.”

“Disillusionment [is] one of the deepest of human wounds.”

“One of the deepest longings of the human soul is to be seen.”

“One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?”