A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
AYN RANDTo say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.
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My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
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Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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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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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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The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.
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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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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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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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