Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
AYN RANDSelf-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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An irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
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