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It was the joy of admiration and of one's own ability, growing together.

It was the joy of admiration and of one's own ability, growing together.

Ayn Rand
Joy, Together, Growing
Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.38, Hamilton Books

Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.

Ayn Rand
Philosophy, Goal, Joy
Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.711, Hamilton Books

And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. This god, this one word: 'I.

Ayn Rand
Pride, Men, Joy
Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.47, Xist Publishing

But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the work I want to do. If I find no joy in it, then I’m only condemning myself to sixty years of torture. And I can find the joy only if I do my work in the best way possible to me. But the best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards. I inherit nothing. I stand at the end of no tradition. I may, perhaps, stand at the beginning of one.

Ayn Rand
Years, Joy, May
Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.36, Penguin

Face a challenge and find joy in the capacity to meet it.

Ayn Rand
Joy, Challenges, Faces

For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging you for consolation and relief, by forbidding all the virtues that make existence possible, then riding on the shoulders of your guilt, by declaring production and joy to be sins, then collecting blackmail from the sinners.

Ayn Rand
Running, Joy, Religion
Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.124, Penguin

Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy . . . Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values, and finds his joy in nothing but rational actions.

Ayn Rand
Men, Goal, Joy
Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.107, Penguin

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