Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
AYN RANDLove is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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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 started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
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Love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance.
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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 love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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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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I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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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 man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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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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Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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