Character Quote by Ayn Rand Download Open image “A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue.” — Ayn Rand ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Evil Men Murder Suicide Virtue
“A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards. — Giacomo Leopardi Copy Share Image
Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an interest in… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Greatness and Truth can never be in danger from these murdering wretches. To perform one's duty, be it now, be it clean, and be… — Kenneth Patchen Copy Share Image
“The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance, and goodwill can cause as much damage as ill-will if it is not enlightened.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Suicide during a state of temporary insanity,” is passed, have been caused by long and hopeless brooding on the “nothingness of the Universe” —… — Marie Corelli Copy Share Image
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man. — Plato Copy Share Image
It is a persistent evil to persecute a man who belongs to the grace of God. It is a calamity without remedy to hate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The aim of the sinless One consists in acting without causing sorrow to others, although he could attain to great power by ignoring their… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The law of God is not to return evil for evil; indeed, if you try in this way to stamp out wickedness it will… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“If we kill those who are evil, we will become evil ourselves; we will be killers. If we attempt to deal with evil by… — M. Scott Peck 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 Image
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 Image
“This was reality, she thought, this sense of clear outlines, of purpose, of lightness, of hope.” — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
