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Attempt Quotes by Ayn Rand
- But neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims. Just as man is free to attempt to survive in any…
- But a few understand that building is a great symbol we live in our minds, and existence is the attempt to bring that life into…
- Religion is a primitive form of philosophy, [the] attempt to offer a comprehensive view of reality.
- I sat there beside him till morning - and as I watched his face in the starlight, then the first ray of the sun on…
- Morally, the promise of an impossible “right” to economic security is an infamous attempt to abrogate the concept of rights. It can and does mean…
- One can study what exists and how consciousness functions; but one cannot analyze (or “prove”) existence as such, or consciousness as such. These are irreducible…
- Non-thinking is an act of annihilation, a wish to negate existence, an attempt to wipe out reality. But existence exists; reality is not to be…
- [T]he only real moral crime that one man can commit against another is the attempt to create, by his words or actions, an impression of…
- Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and which…
- An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting…
- He wanted her. He knew where to find her. He waited. It amused him to wait, because he knew that the waiting was unbearable to…
- Your emotional capacity is an empty motor, and your values are the fuel with which your mind fills it. If you choose a mix of…
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