Ayn Rand Quotes about Religion

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Faith is the wors curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought.

Faith is the wors curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought.

Ayn Rand

Enemy, Religion, Mankind

Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.

Ayn Rand

Religion, Defense, Lines

"The Romantic Manifesto" by Ayn Rand, (Ch. 3), 1969.

to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to offer.

Ayn Rand

Mean, Enemy, Religion

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.116, Penguin

There has never been a philosophy, a theory or a doctrine, that attacked (or 'limited') reason, which did not preach submission to the power of some authority.

Ayn Rand

Philosophy, Religion, Doctrine

Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.76, Penguin

The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind

Ayn Rand

Cutting, Mind, Religion

Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.174, Penguin

Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice.

Ayn Rand

Men, Choices, Religion

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

Ayn Rand

Men, Civilization, Religion

Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.63, Penguin

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