It is the basic, metaphysical fact of man's nature -- the connection between his survival and his use of reason -- that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Philosophy studies the fundamental nature of existence, of man, and of man’s relationship to existence.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Architecture is not a business, not a career, but a crusade and a consecration to a joy that justifies the existence of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“If you see us among scores of women, will you look upon us? We shall look upon you, Liberty 5-3000, if we… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To demand 'sense' is the hallmark of nonsense. Nature does not make sense. Nothing makes sense. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“such is their image of man’s nature: the battleground of a struggle between a corpse and a ghost,” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The public has a vital stake in natural resources, Jim, such as iron ore. The public can’t remain indifferent to reckless, selfish… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“He belonged in the countryside, she thought—he belonged everywhere—he was a man who belonged on earth—and then she thought of the words… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“By the grace of reality and the nature of life, man–every man–is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority;… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind. Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Mr. Ward, what is it that the foulest bastards on earth denounce us for, among other things? Oh yes, for our motto… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If capitalism had never existed, any honest humanitarian should have been struggling to invent it. But when you see men struggling to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Or did you say it's the love of money that's the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West and East… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The new “theory of justice” demands that men counteract the “injustice” of nature by instituting the most obscenely unthinkable injustice among men:… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Just as man's physical existence was liberated when he grasped that 'nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed', so his consciousness will… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I was thinking of people who say that happiness is impossible on earth. Look how hard they all try to find some… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The man in Drawing Room B, Car No. 4, was a newspaper publisher who believed that men are evil by nature and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Then she understood that what she needed was the motion to a purpose, no matter how small or in what form, the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“It's interesting to speculate on the reasons that make men so anxious to debase themselves. As in that idea of feeling small… — 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
“Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. The mind is an… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“Rules?" said Roark. "Here are my rules: what can be done with one substance must never be done with another. No two… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I am. I think. I will. My hands. . . My spirit . . . My sky . . . This earth… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“It doesn't say much. Only "Howard Roark, Architect". But it's like those mottoes men carved over the entrance of a castle and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Emotions are not tools of cognition. They tell you nothing about the nature of reality. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
An artist recreates those aspects of reality which represent his fundamental view of man's nature. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another—their only substitute, if they abandon money,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Who was it that said he needed a fulcrum? Give me an unobstructed right-of-way and I'll show them how to move the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them (pg. 52).” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I do not think that tragedy is our natural fate and I do not live in chronic dread of disaster. It is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There's only one passion in most artists more violent than their desire for admiration: their fear of identifying the nature of such… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“They have taught man that he is a hopeless misfit made of two elements, both symbols of death. A body without a… — 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
