Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
AYN RANDThe purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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Compromise does not satisfy, but dissatisfies everybody; it does not lead to any general fulfillment, but to general frustration; those who try to become everything to all people end up by not being anything to anyone.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
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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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Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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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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To 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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I could die for you. But I couldn’t, and wouldn’t, live for you.
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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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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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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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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.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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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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