Ryan Avellanosa

“The precept: “Judge not, that ye be not judged” . . . is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to others in exchange for a moral blank check one expects for oneself.

There is no escape from the fact that men have to make choices; so long as men have to make choices, there is no escape from moral values; so long as moral values are at stake, no moral neutrality is possible. To abstain from condemning a torturer, is to become an accessory to the torture and murder of his victims.

The moral principle to adopt in this issue, is: “Judge, and be prepared to be judged.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“It's hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.”
― Stephen King, The Body

“The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them (pg. 52).”
― Ayn Rand, Anthem

“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon