I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
AYN RANDSelf-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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You love people not for what you do for them or what they do for you. You love them for the values, the virtues, which they have achieved in their own character.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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I am done with this creed of corruption.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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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.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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