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End Quotes by Ayn Rand
- There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force,…
- The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others.
- A reader has to be concerned only with the end result; unless he chooses to analyze it, he does not have to know by what…
- Each man must live as an end in himself and follow his own rational self-interest.
- To hold an unchanging youth is to reach at the end, the vision with which one started.
- Virtue is not an end in itself. Virtue is not its own reward or sacrificial fodder for the reward of evil. Life is the reward…
- There is a fundamental conviction which some people never acquire, some hold only in their youth, and a few hold to the end of their…
- But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, let’s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. I’ve chosen the…
- Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to…
- I am not the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a…
- I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust…
- I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is…
- I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want to meet these…
- Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end;…
- My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
- Now take a human body. Why wouldn't you like to see a human body with a curling tail with a crest of ostrich feathers at…
- I will not die, it's the world that will end." paraphrase of unknown philosopher
- The only thing that matters my goal my reward my beginning my end is the work itself. My work done my way. A private personal…
- I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know my work is…
- We are on strike against martyrdom—and against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that one man must…
- People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too ... Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and…
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