Цитаты Айн Рэнд о жизни, любви и капитализме

The grace of reality and the nature of life, man–every man–is an end in himself, he exists for his own sake, and the achievement of his own happiness is his highest moral purpose

To fear to face an issue to believe that the worst is true.

Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious.

Do not make the mistake of the ignorant who think that an individualist is a man who says: “I’ll do as I please at everybody else’s expense.” An individualist is a man who recognizes the inalienable individual rights of man—his own and those of others.

Genius is an exaggeration of dimension. So is elephantiasis. Both may be only a disease.

Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

God... a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.

If one doesn't respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.

Never ask people about your work.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.

The person who loves everybody and feels at home everywhere is the true hater of mankind. He expects nothing of men, so no form of depravity can outrage him.

Your fearcot a love for life.

There are people who'll try to hurt you through the good they see in you--knowing that it's the good, needing it and punishing you for it. Don't let it break you when you discover that.

Don't think. Believe. Trust your heart, not your brain. Don't think. Feel. Believe.