Ayn Rand on character
Ayn Rand106 quotes“An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.”
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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
Ayn RandAyn Rand People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don’t sit looking at it – walk.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
Ayn RandAyn Rand The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
Ayn RandAyn Rand As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government
Ayn RandAyn Rand The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
Ayn RandAyn Rand Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
Ayn RandAyn Rand It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
Ayn RandAyn Rand The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Ayn RandAyn Rand A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
Ayn RandAyn Rand
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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Imam AliImam Ali I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can’t be dirty.
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