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Best Rational Quotes by Ayn Rand
- 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…
- A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards and judgment in order to appeal to the irrationality, stupidity, or dishonesty of others.
- to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to…
- I am older than you. Believe me, there is no other way to live on earth. Men are not open to truth or reason. They…
- Fight for the value of your person. Fight for the virtue of your pride. Fight for the essence of that which is man: for his…
- I don't like people who speak or think in terms of gaining anybody's confidence. If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated…
- If you want to feel good, be rational.
More Rational Quotes
- Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe. — Saint Augustine
- Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to… — Frederic Bastiat
- Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. — Annie Besant
- Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
- In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a… — Luther Burbank
- Illogical thinkers throw names and slurs around because they have no arguments with which to rebut their opponents. Rational people have to… — Benjamin Carson
- In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling… — Benjamin Carson
- I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. — Noam Chomsky
- Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed. — A. R. Ammons
- A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational. — Thomas Aquinas