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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.

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

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.

Ayn Rand

Philosophy, Men, Identity

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

To achieve, you need thought

Ayn Rand

Wisdom, Philosophy, Needs

What objectivity and the study of philosophy requires is not an 'open mind,' but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to examine ideas, but to examine them criticially.

Ayn Rand

Philosophy, Objectivity, Ideas

Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.28, Penguin

I think, therefore I'll think.

Ayn Rand

Inspirational, Life, Philosophy

I cannot stand Tolstoy, and reading him was the most boring literary duty I ever had to perform, his philosophy and his sense of life are not merely mistaken, but evil, and yet, from a purely literary viewpoint, on his own terms, I have to evaluate him as a good writer.

Ayn Rand

Philosophy, Reading, Evil

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

But Aristotle's philosophy was the intellect's Declaration of Independence.

Ayn Rand

Philosophy, Intellectual, Independence

Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.18, Penguin

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

Ayn Rand

Philosophy, Men, Needs

Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.14, Penguin

Ever since Kant divorced reason from reality, his intellectual descendants have been diligently widening the breach.

Ayn Rand

Wisdom, Philosophy, Reality

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.21, Penguin

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

Ayn Rand

Philosophy, Moral, Duty

Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.94, Penguin

Now look at me! Take a good look! I was born and I knew I was alive and I knew what I wanted. What do you think is alive in me? Why do you think I'm alive? Because I have a stomach and eat and digest the food? Because I breathe and work and produce more food to digest? Or because I know what I want, and that something which knows how to want—isn't that life itself? And who—in this damned universe—who can tell me why I should live for anything but for that which I want?

Ayn Rand

Life, Philosophy, Work

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