What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone." — Ayn Rand (The Virtue of Selfishness)” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Errors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Money is the product of virtue, but it will not give you virtue and it will not redeem your vices” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Just as religion has preempted the field of ethics, turning morality against man, so it has usurped the highest moral concepts of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one’s consciousness can permit the faking… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
This is pity,” he thought, and then he lifted his head in wonder. He thought that there must be something terribly wrong… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
We have only two sources of information about the character of the people around us: we judge them by what they do… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The world is ours, whenever we choose to claim it, by virtue and grace of the fact that ours is the Morality… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
No value is higher than self-esteem, but you've invested it in counterfeit securities-and now your morality has caught you in a trap… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The moral justification of capitalism is man’s right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Namely, if I am challenging the base of all these institutions, I'm challenging the moral code of altruism. The precept that man's… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Dagny, there’s nothing of any importance in life—except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live--that productive work is the process by… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Justice is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake the character of men as you cannot fake the character of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Thus, in the realm of human relationships, a different form of pleasure is experienced, a different sort of motivation is involved, and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“You will live in a world of responsible beings, who will be as consistent and reliable as facts; the guarantee of their… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“To live, man must hold three things as the supreme and ruling values of his life: Reason - Purpose - Self-esteem. Reason,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Sweep aside those parasites of subsidized classrooms, who live on the profits of the mind of others and proclaim that man needs… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Let us destroy, but don't let us pretend that we are commiting an act of virtue. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
When intellectual leaders fail to foster the best in the mixed, unformed, vacillating character of people at large, the thugs are sure… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
...only the pleasure which proceeds from a rational value judgement can be regarded as moral, pleasure, as such, is not a guide… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all. — Ayn Rand Copy Share
She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share
A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“She moved her hand and let it rest against his. He did not withdraw his fingers and he did not pretend indifference. She bent… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before. — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“There was still one response, the greatest, that she had missed. She thought: To find a feeling that would hold, as their sum, as… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
“She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might object. To… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share
We are all brothers under the skin - and I, for one, would be willing to skin humanity to prove it. — Ayn Rand Copy Share
