“If joy is the aim and the core of existence, she thought, and if that which has the power to give one… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, selfish… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The course led them to the moment when, in answer to the highest of one's values, one's spirit makes one's body become… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
You have no choice about your capacity to feel that something is good for you or evil, but what you will consider… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Our dearest one. Fear nothing of the forest. There is no danger in solitude. We have no need of our brothers. Let… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy . . . Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires… — 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
“What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy--a joy without penalty or guilt, a joy that does not clash with any of your… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence of that which is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“She sat listening to the music. It was a symphony of triumph. The notes flowed up, they spoke of rising and they… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Happiness is not to be achieved at the command of emotional whims. Happiness is not the satisfaction of whatever irrational wishes you… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working.… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
People, he thought, were as hungry for a sight of joy as he had always been--for a moment's relief from that gray… — 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
