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 RANDWhen I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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Indiscriminate tolerance and indiscriminate condemnation are not two opposites: they are two variants of the same evasion.
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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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Man cannot survive except through his mind.
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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