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Ayn Rand Quotes - Page 6

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A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

A rational man is guided by his thinking - by a process of Reason - not by his feelings and desires.

Men, Thinking, Feelings

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.47, Penguin

The essential characteristic of socialism is the denial of individual property rights.

Rights, Essentials, Denial

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.465, Penguin

An individualist is a man who says: 'I will not run anyone's life - nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule or be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone - nor sacrifice anyone to myself.'

Running, Sacrifice, Men

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.231, Penguin

Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.

Truth, Honesty, Anger

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.228, Hamilton Books

Another current catch-phrase is the complaint that the nations of the world are divided into 'haves' and the 'have-nots.' Observe that the 'haves' are those who have freedom, and that it is freedom that the 'have-nots' have not.

Phrases, World, Currents

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (1966). “The Objectivist”

Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism. It is the notion of ascribing moral, social or political significance to a man’s genetic lineage-the notion that a man’s intellectual and characterologic al traits are produced and transmitted by his internal body chemistry.

Men, Racism, Political

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.148, Penguin

In a capitalist society, all human relationships are voluntary. Men are free to cooperate or not, to deal with one another or not, as their own individual judgments, convictions and interests dictate.

Men, Liberty, Economics

Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.17, Penguin

To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person. A person who exists only for the sake of his loved one is not an independent entity, but a spiritual parasite. The love of a parasite is worth nothing.

I Love You, Spiritual, Independent

A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer--because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement.

Self Esteem, Men, Giving

The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.

Artist, Men, Fountainhead

Ayn Rand (1999). “Ayn Rand Reader”, p.72, Penguin

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.

Inspirational, Men, Challenges

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.62, Penguin

If capitalism had never existed, any honest humanitarian should have been struggling to invent it. But when you see men struggling to evade its existence, to misrepresent its nature, and to destroy its last remnants - you maybe sure that whatever their motives, love of man is not one of them.

Struggle, Men, Should Have

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.

Intellectual, Liberty, Argument

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.56, Penguin

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.

Winning, Evil, Liberty

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.170, Penguin

What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? Every living thing must grow. It can't stand still. It must grow or perish.

Life, Money, Novelists

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1834, Penguin

Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.

Racism, Form, Primitive

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.158, Penguin

When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements.

Mean, Men, Novelists

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.81, Penguin

In order to live, man must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is – i.e. he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts – i.e. he needs metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, which means: philosophy. He cannot escape from this need; his only alternative is whether the philosophy guiding him is to be chosen by his mind or by chance.

Philosophy, Mean, Men

"Philosophy, who needs it?". Book by Ayn Rand, 1982.

Individualism regards man - every man - as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful co-existence among men, can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights - and that a group, as such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members.

Independent, Men, Rights

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.231, Penguin

Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection, and the base of a moral existence.

Men, Moral, Protection

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

Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate.

Men, Thinking, Ambitious

Ayn Rand (1990). “The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought”, p.229, Penguin

Honor is self-esteem made visible in action.

Self Esteem, Honor, Action

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.219, Penguin

If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.

Inspirational, Respect, Ethics

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.783, Penguin

It's good to suffer. Dont complain. Bear, bow, accept - and be grateful that God has made you suffer. For this makes you better than the people who are laughing and happy.

Grateful, People, Laughing

Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.284, Penguin

That an error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith, because the first leaves you the means to correct it but the second destroys your capacity to distinguish truth from error.

Mean, Errors, Firsts

Ayn Rand (2005). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.999, Penguin

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