I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
AYN RANDI don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
AYN RANDIf it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
AYN RANDLearn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
AYN RANDAn honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
AYN RANDDon’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
AYN RANDPeople 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 RANDContradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
AYN RANDWhoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as chattel.
AYN RANDMy happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
AYN RANDWhat is man? He’s just a collection of chemicals with delusions of grandeur.
AYN RANDDevotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
AYN RANDPolitically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.
AYN RANDAn irresponsible person is a person who makes vague promises, then breaks his word, blames it on circumstances and expects other people to forgive it.
AYN RANDLove is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
AYN RANDAn honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
AYN RANDFreedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
AYN RAND