We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
AYN RANDWe can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
AYN RANDThe Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
AYN RANDIdentify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
AYN RANDSelf respect is something that can’t be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man’s pretense at it.
AYN RANDA culture is not the anonymous product of undifferentiate d masses, but the sum of the intellectual achievements of individual men.
AYN RANDThe essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.
AYN RANDTo say “I love you” one must know first how to say the “I”.
AYN RANDDon’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
AYN RANDTo love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
AYN RANDPower-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
AYN RANDMoney is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
AYN RANDAn honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced.
AYN RANDMy happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
AYN RANDCapitalism has been called a system of greed.
AYN RANDLet 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.
AYN RANDDo not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
AYN RAND