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Ayn Rand Quotes - Page 27

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In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that you know the nature of that period and the state of human existence in those ages. The

In western civilization, the period ruled by mysticism is known as the 'Dark Ages' and the 'Middle Ages'. I will assume that you know the nature of that period and the state of human existence in those ages. The Renaissance broke the rules of the mystics. "Renaissance" means the "rebirth". Few people today will care to remind you that it was a rebirth of reason - of man's mind.

Mean, Dark, Men

Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked: 'Account Overdrawn.'

Political, Watches, Paper

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.316, Hamilton Books

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.

Believe, Men, Animal

Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and which will necessarily profit.

Black And White, Men, Sides

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (1964). “The virtue of selfishness: a new concept of egoism”, Signet

You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll accept such gratitude as the tenants might feel. And I - I'll take what nobody can give a man, except himself. I will have built Cortlandt. - Howard Roark

Gratitude, Men, Giving

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.749, Penguin

And what, incidentally, do you think integrity is? The ability not to pick a watch out of your neighbor's pocket? No, it's not as easy as that. If that were all, I'd say ninety-five percent of humanity were honest, upright men. Only, as you can see, they aren't. Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.

Integrity, Men, Thinking

Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.298, Penguin

But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice, to their fate. I wonder, for it is hard for me to conceive how men who knew the word "I," could give it up and not know what they lost. But such has been the story, for I have lived in the City of the damned, and I know what horror men permitted to be brought upon them.

Fate, Men, Long Ago

Ayn Rand (2012). “Study Guide: Anthem (Study Gudie and Book)”, p.109, BookCaps Study Guides

I want to know that I've accomplished something. I want to feel that it had some meaning. At the last summing up, I want to be sure it wasn't all-for nothing.

Want, Lasts, Accomplished

Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.361, Penguin

Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest.

Men, Self, Ends

But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is in that which he seeks for his enjoyment.

Real, Character, Men

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.375, Hamilton Books

The only man never to be redeemed is the man without passion.

Passion, Men, He Man

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.617, Hamilton Books

If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights and condemned to slave labor.

Mean, Men, Rights

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.395, Penguin

Man's character is the product of his premises.

Character, Men, Premises

Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.10, Penguin

There can be no compromise on moral principles.

Principles, Moral, Compromise

Ayn Rand (2001). “The Art of Nonfiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers”, p.51, Penguin

This was solidarity. The debutante having her toenails pedicured - the housewife buying carrots from a pushcart - the bookkeeper who had wanted to be a pianist, but has the excuse of a sister to support - the businessman who hated his business - the worker who hated his work - the intellectual who hated everybody - all were united as brothers in the luxury of common anger that cured boredom and took them out of themselves, and they knew well enough what a blessing it was to be taken out of themselves.

Brother, Taken, Blessing

Now you see, Dr. Stadler, you're speaking as if this book were addressing to a thinking audience. If it were, one would have to be concerned with such matters as accuracy, validity, logic and the prestige of science. But it isn't. It's addressed to the public.

Book, Thinking, Drs

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.264, Hamilton Books

For the coming of that day shall I fight, I and my sons and my chosen friends. For the freedom of Man. For his rights. For his life. For his honor.

Fighting, Son, Men

Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.51, Xist Publishing

Man's mind is his basic tool of survival.

Men, Survival, Mind

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.773, Hamilton Books

While, politically, a mixed economy preserves the semblance of an organized society with a semblance of law and order, economically it is the equivalent of the chaos that had ruled China for centuries: a chaos of robber gangs looting-and draining-the productive elements of the country.

Country, Order, Law

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.197, Penguin

Just as man's physical existence was liberated when he grasped that 'nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed', so his consciousness will be liberated when grasps that nature, to be apprehended, must be obeyed - that the rules of cognition must be derived from the nature of existence and the nature, the identity, of his cognitive faculty.

Philosophy, Men, Identity

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.106, Penguin

Her face lay still on the air under his face.

Air, Faces, Stills

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.189, Hamilton Books

Dominique as Gail looks at her "... there is a stage of worship which makes the worshiper himself an object of reverence."

Beauty, Looks, Worship

You have chosen to risk your lives for the defense of this country. I will not insult you by saying that you are dedicated to selfless service--it is not a virtue in my morality. In my morality, the defense of one's country means that a man is personally unwilling to live as the conquered slave of any enemy, foreign or domestic. This is an enormous virtue.

Country, Mean, Men

Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.18, Penguin

There is only one institution that can arrogate to itself the power legally to trade by means of rubber checks: the government. And it is the only institution that can mortgage your future without your knowledge or consent: government securities (and paper money) are promissory notes on future tax receipts, i.e., on your future production.

Mean, Government, Paper

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.234, Penguin

No man may initiate the use of physical force against others. No man-or group or society or government-has the right to assume the role of a criminal and initiate the use of physical compulsion against any man. Men have the right to use physical force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. The ethical principle involved is simple and clear-cut: it is the difference between murder and self-defense.

Cutting, Simple, Men

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