“ The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments. Ayn Rand
“ Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury… Ayn Rand
“ Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to? Ayn Rand
“ While a creator does and must worship Man (which means his own highest potentiality; which is his natural self-reverence), he must not make the mistake of thinking that this means the necessity to wor… Ayn Rand
“ Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you? He answered, Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born… Ayn Rand
“ Do you know the hallmark of a second rater? It's resentment of another man's achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone's work prove greater than their own - they have no in… Ayn Rand
“ Do you know what she did today?" He leaned confidentially across the table, pointing at the dishes in the sink. "She went to the market and left all the breakfast dishes there and said she'd do them l… Ayn Rand
“ America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortu… Ayn Rand
“ I have yet to see a genius or a hero who, if stuck with a burning match, would feel less pain than his undistinguished average brother. Ayn Rand
“ Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it—that no substitute can do your thinking—that the vilest form of self-abaseme… Ayn Rand
“ But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Ayn Rand
“ Fear walks through the City, fear without name, without shape. All men feel it and none dare to speak. Ayn Rand
“ People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism. Ayn Rand
“ Let us throw away our candles and our torches. Let us flood the cities with light. Let us bring a new light to men! -Equality 7-2521 Ayn Rand
“ And because she worshipped joy, Kira seldom laughed and did not go to see comedies in theaters. And because she felt a profound rebellion against the weighty, the tragic, the solemn, Kira had a solemn… Ayn Rand
