We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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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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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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Don’t fool yourself, my dear. You’re much worse than a bitch. You’re a saint. Which shows why saints are dangerous and undesirable.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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A culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
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If the truth shall kill them, let them die.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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Self respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
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Man will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem.
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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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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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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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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
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The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
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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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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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