Ayn Rand Quotes about Desire

Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.

Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.

Ayn Rand

Men, Desire, Purity

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.80, Penguin

To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality.

Ayn Rand

Desire, Cost, Virtue

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.424, Penguin

Why is it immoral for you to desire, but moral for others to do so? Why is it immoral to produce a value and keep it, but moral to give it away? And if it is not moral for you to keep a value, why is it moral for others to accept it? If you are selfless and virtuous when you give it, are they not selfish and vicious when they take it?

Ayn Rand

Selfish, Giving, Desire

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.31, Penguin

The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.

Ayn Rand

Inspirational, Addiction, Desire

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.792, Hamilton Books

Did I feel a physical desire for him? I did. Was I moved by a passion of my body? I was. Have I experienced the most violent form of sensual pleasure? I have.

Ayn Rand

Passion, Sensual, Desire

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.651, Hamilton Books

A 'whim' is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause.

Ayn Rand

Desire, Doe, Care

Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.13, Penguin

Don't consider our interests or desires. You have no duty to anyone but yourself.

Ayn Rand

Desire, Duty, Interest

Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.613, Hamilton Books

There's only one passion in most artists more violent than their desire for admiration: their fear of identifying the nature of such admiration as they do receive.

Ayn Rand

Passion, Artist, Desire

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.92, Penguin

Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own existence--and every achievement is an expression of it.

Ayn Rand

Expression, Achievement, Desire

Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.1891, Penguin

Ayn Rand Quotes about Desire

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