“ We knew not where we were going. We only knew that we must run, run to the end of the world, run to the end of our days. Ayn Rand
“ An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes. Ayn Rand
“ Aristotle may be regarded as the cultural barometer of Western history. Whenever his influence dominated the scene, it paved the way for one of history's brilliant eras; whenever it fell, so did manki… Ayn Rand
“ Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice. Ayn Rand
“ Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history. Ayn Rand
“ I refuse to apologize for my ability—I refuse to apologize for my success—I refuse to apologize for my money. Ayn Rand
“ Happiness is not to be achieved at the command of emotional whims. Happiness is not the satisfaction of whatever irrational wishes you might blindly attempt to indulge. Happiness is a state of non-con… Ayn Rand
“ There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. Ayn Rand
“ Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a person's sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me wha… Ayn Rand
“ Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration. Ayn Rand
“ Haven't I? - he thought. Haven't I thought of it since the first time I saw you? Haven't I thought of nothing else for two years? ...He sat motionless, looking at her. He heard the words he had never… Ayn Rand
“ To cheat your way into a job bigger than your mind can handle is to become a fear-corroded ape on borrowed motions and borrowed time, and to settle down into a job that requires less than your mind’s… Ayn Rand
“ 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? Ayn Rand
“ They have no concern for facts, ideas, work. They’re concerned only with people. They don’t ask: ‘Is this true?’ They ask: ‘Is this what others think is true?’ Not to judge, but to repeat. Not to do,… Ayn Rand
“ Their eyes were dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them, no kindness and no guilt. Ayn Rand
“ Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned.His own happiness is man’s only moral purpose, but only his own virtue can a… Ayn Rand
