“ But you've never wanted that. You wanted a mirror. People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they're reflecting too. You know, like the senseless infinity you get from two mir… Ayn Rand
“ When man discovered how to make fire to keep himself warm, his need of thought and effort was not ended; when he discovered how to fashion a bow and arrow, his need of thought and effort was not ended… Ayn Rand
“ The sky is like a black sieve pierced by silver drops that tremble, ready to burst through. Ayn Rand
“ The leaves had edges of silver that trembled and rippled like a river of green and fire flowing high above us. Ayn Rand
“ I understand that centuries of chains and lashes will not kill the spirit of man nor the sense of truth within him.~Equality 7-2521 (as Prometheus), pg 98 Ayn Rand
“ Here’s another. Kill man’s sense of values. Kill his capacity to recognise greatness or to achieve it. Great men can’t be ruled. We don’t want any great men. Don’t deny conception of greatness. Destro… Ayn Rand
“ He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points. Ayn Rand
“ Capitalism was the only system in history where wealth was not acquired by looting, but by production, not by force, but by trade, the only system that stood for man's right to his own mind, to his wo… Ayn Rand
“ My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only… Ayn Rand
“ In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are at its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of people be distorted by the ugly,… Ayn Rand
“ Volumes can be and have been written aboutthe issue of freedom versus dictatorship,but, in essence, it comes down to a single question: Ayn Rand
“ This is pity, he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong with a world in which this monstrous feeling is called a virtue. Ayn Rand
“ There’s nothing as significant as a human face. Nor as eloquent. We can never really know another person, except by our first glance at him. Because, in that glance, we know everything. Even though we… Ayn Rand
