If it’s worth doing, it’s worth overdoing.
AYN RANDRationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
More Ayn Rand Quotes
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Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
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To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion.
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All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.
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The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.
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Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.
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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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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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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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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.
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The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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I don’t wish to be the symbol of anything. I’m only myself.
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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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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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