"Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfl..." — Nathaniel Branden

The United States was the first country in the history of the world to be consciously created out of an idea - and the idea was liberty.

If we are happy within ourselves, we don't accept or demand that our partner should fulfill every need. We need to be comfortable with our own company.

Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very stimulating intellectually. But I did not accept his view of neurosis or of human nature.