My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
AYN RANDTo sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
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She did not know the nature of her loneliness.
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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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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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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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When 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.
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The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream.
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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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Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.
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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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The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
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