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.
AYN RANDThe man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice.
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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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To say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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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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Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
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The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.
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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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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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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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There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism – by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.
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The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.
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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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