The Fountainhead

Dear Johnny:

I'm currently reading a novel by Ayn Rand called 'The Fountainhead.' It primarily speaks on Romanticism and human feelings beyond the lagging attachments of some religions, i.e. selfishness, pride. "It is concerned-- in the words of Aristotle-- not with things as they are, but with things as they might be and ought to be" -Ayn Rand

In the introduction, she speaks on her beliefs and how they have developed since the day she had finshed writing the novel. "Have my ideas changed? No, my fundamental convictions, my view of life and of man, have never changed, from as far back as I can remember, but my knowledge of their applications has grown, in scope and in precision."

maniacal-

I sound like a bitter old man, but I still laugh a lot.

"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance."

-Will Durant

(I found this quote on a bathroom stall in Richmond, VA one summer, and have never forgotten it.. A hot day with a lot of memories.)