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8a1d225	Love is the ultimate form of recognition one grants to superlative values.		Ayn Rand
228b50e	It was useless to argue, she thought, and to wonder about people who would neither refute an argument nor accept it.		Ayn Rand
bad5d56	A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw a man into a sacrificial furnace, is to demand that he leap in, of his own will, and that he build the furnace, besides.		Ayn Rand
288215c	Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion--when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing--when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors--when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don..		Ayn Rand
00934d4	There are no defenders of man's mind--in the world's greatest scientific-technological civilization. All that is left is a battle between the mystics of spirit and the mystics of muscle--between men guided by their feelings and men guided by their reflexes.		Ayn Rand
065aec2	Failing to have a cake after one has eaten it, is not a "compromise."		Ayn Rand
d4aa10e	Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking--that the mind is one's only judge of values and one's only guide of action--that reason is an absolute that permits no compromise--that a concession to the irrational invalidates one's consciousness and turns it from the task of perceiving to the task of faking ..	virtue pain man mind good morality reason happiness life philosophy truth wisdom john-galt pursuit-of-happiness objectivism rational think thinking morals values evil	Ayn Rand
51335c1	We are those who do not disconnect the values of their minds from the actions of their bodies, those who do not leave their values to empty dreams, but bring them into existence, those who give material form to thoughts, and reality to values.	sex dagny-taggart hank-rearden	Ayn Rand
f1dabf0	At every step of her rise, she did the work long before she was granted the title. It was like advancing through empty rooms. Nobody opposed her, yet nobody approved of her progress.		Ayn Rand
a514c2b	Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification.	virtue man mind existence morality reason life philosophy truth wisdom john-galt pursuit-of-happiness objectivism rational think consciousness thinking morals values	Ayn Rand
4c555ad	Are you seeking to know what is wrong with the world? All the disasters that have wrecked your world, came from your leaders' attempt to evade the fact that A is A. All the secret evil you dread to face within you and all the pain you have ever endured, came from your own attempt to evade the fact that A is A.	virtue man mind good morality reason life philosophy truth wisdom john-galt pursuit-of-happiness objectivism rational think thinking morals values evil	Ayn Rand
6344423	The only guilt of the victims, he thought, had been that they accepted it as guilt.		Ayn Rand
6628f98	I do not wish to work in a world that regards me as a slave.		Ayn Rand
90f3534	What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree, and to obey?		Ayn Rand
0b791c3	The basic purpose of art is not to teach, but to show--to hold up to man a concretized image of his nature and his place in the universe.		Ayn Rand
6d37018	What's he so damn arrogant about? Just because he made that fortune himself? Does he have to be such a damn snob just because he came from Hell's Kitchen? It isn't other people's fault if they weren't lucky enough to be born in Hell's Kitchen to rise out of! Nobody understands what a terrible handicap it is to be born rich. Because people just take for granted that because you were born that way you'd just be no good if you weren't. What I ..		Ayn Rand
8818d09	I am. I think. I will."		Ayn Rand
c9f8143	Free competition enforced by law" is a grotesque contradiction in terms.		Ayn Rand
6f2e58d	The moral precept to adopt...is: Judge, and be prepared to be judged.		Ayn Rand
54e24e7	Some day, the world will discover that, without thought, there can be no love.		Ayn Rand
bfc2a91	Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.		Ayn Rand
5a2c12b	An artist reveals his naked soul in his work - and so, gentle reader, do you when you respond to it.		Ayn Rand
ac38c82	Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.		Ayn Rand

Love is the ultimate form of recognition one grants to superlative values.

Ayn Rand

228b50e

It was useless to argue, she thought, and to wonder about people who would neither refute an argument nor accept it.

Ayn Rand

bad5d56

A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue. A viler evil than to throw a man into a sacrificial furnace, is to demand that he leap in, of his own will, and that he build the furnace, besides.

Ayn Rand

288215c

Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion--when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing--when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors--when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don..

Ayn Rand

00934d4

There are no defenders of man's mind--in the world's greatest scientific-technological civilization. All that is left is a battle between the mystics of spirit and the mystics of muscle--between men guided by their feelings and men guided by their reflexes.

Ayn Rand

065aec2

Failing to have a cake after one has eaten it, is not a "compromise."

Ayn Rand

d4aa10e

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking--that the mind is one's only judge of values and one's only guide of action--that reason is an absolute that permits no compromise--that a concession to the irrational invalidates one's consciousness and turns it from the task of perceiving to the task of faking ..

virtue pain man mind good morality reason happiness life philosophy truth wisdom john-galt pursuit-of-happiness objectivism rational think thinking morals values evil

Ayn Rand

51335c1

We are those who do not disconnect the values of their minds from the actions of their bodies, those who do not leave their values to empty dreams, but bring them into existence, those who give material form to thoughts, and reality to values.

sex dagny-taggart hank-rearden

Ayn Rand

f1dabf0

At every step of her rise, she did the work long before she was granted the title. It was like advancing through empty rooms. Nobody opposed her, yet nobody approved of her progress.

Ayn Rand

a514c2b

Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification.

virtue man mind existence morality reason life philosophy truth wisdom john-galt pursuit-of-happiness objectivism rational think consciousness thinking morals values

Ayn Rand

4c555ad

Are you seeking to know what is wrong with the world? All the disasters that have wrecked your world, came from your leaders' attempt to evade the fact that A is A. All the secret evil you dread to face within you and all the pain you have ever endured, came from your own attempt to evade the fact that A is A.

virtue man mind good morality reason life philosophy truth wisdom john-galt pursuit-of-happiness objectivism rational think thinking morals values evil

Ayn Rand

6344423

The only guilt of the victims, he thought, had been that they accepted it as guilt.

Ayn Rand

6628f98

I do not wish to work in a world that regards me as a slave.

Ayn Rand

90f3534

What is my joy if all hands, even the unclean, can reach into it? What is my wisdom, if even the fools can dictate to me? What is my freedom, if all creatures, even the botched and impotent, are my masters? What is my life, if I am but to bow, to agree, and to obey?

Ayn Rand

0b791c3

The basic purpose of art is not to teach, but to show--to hold up to man a concretized image of his nature and his place in the universe.

Ayn Rand

6d37018

What's he so damn arrogant about? Just because he made that fortune himself? Does he have to be such a damn snob just because he came from Hell's Kitchen? It isn't other people's fault if they weren't lucky enough to be born in Hell's Kitchen to rise out of! Nobody understands what a terrible handicap it is to be born rich. Because people just take for granted that because you were born that way you'd just be no good if you weren't. What I ..