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Ayn Rand quotes

Russian Writer February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982

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Ayn Rand quote: "If an heir is equal to his money, it serves him; if not, it..."
If an heir is equal to his money, it serves him; if not, it destroys him. Ayn Rand
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the courts, to protect your property and contracts from breach or fraud by others, to settle disputes by rational rules, according to objective law. (John Galt) Ayn Rand
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
Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture. Ayn Rand
A “collective” mind does not exist. It is merely the sum of endless numbers of individual minds. If we have an endless number of individual minds who are weak, meek, submissive and impotent – who renounce their creative supremacy for the sake of the “whole” and accept humbly that the “whole’s” verdict – we don’t get a collective super-brain. We get only the weak, meek, submissive and impotent collective mind. Ayn Rand
He demonstrated that there was no such thing as free will, since men's creative impulses were determined, as all else, by the economic structure of the epoch in which they lived. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "In the eyes of his contemporaries, he was a man who had..."
In the eyes of his contemporaries, he was a man who had committed the one unforgivable sin; he was proud of his wealth. Ayn Rand
My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i. e., that I do not refer to my own basic principles. Every word, every action, every moment counts. (This is the pattern on which everybody makes mistakes [or] becomes irrational — not relating their one action or one conviction to another. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "I do not wish to work in a world that regards me as a slave."
I do not wish to work in a world that regards me as a slave. Ayn Rand
She fell asleep, lying there, her hand clasping his. Her last awareness, before she surrendered the responsibility of consciousness, was the sense of an enormous void, the void of a city and of a continent, where she would never be able to find the man whom she had no right to seek. Ayn Rand
Is it advisable to spread out all the conveniences of culture before people to whom a few steps up a stair to a library is a sufficient deterrent from reading? Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "When I die I hope to go to heaven--whatever that is--and I..."
When I die I hope to go to heaven--whatever that is--and I want to be able to afford the price of admission. Ayn Rand
She thought: at this moment, the glass stem between his fingers feels just like the one between mine. We have this much in common. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "writing is serious business and not for any stray bastard that..."
writing is serious business and not for any stray bastard that wants to try it. Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand quote: "The walls are cracked and water runs upon them within threads..."
The walls are cracked and water runs upon them within threads without sound, black and glistening as blood. Ayn Rand

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