"To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking: to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate ones mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality. " Ayd Rand
You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated.
Ayd Rand
If one doesn’t respect oneself one can have neither love nor respect for others.
Ayd Rand
Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them
Ayd Rand
Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, in fact, a person’s sexual choice is the result and sum of their fundamental convictions. Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life.
Ayd Rand
Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
Ayd Rand
The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.
Ayd Rand
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
Ayd Rand
Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
Ayd Rand
The measure of hell you’re able to endure is the measure of your love.
Ayd Rand
I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.
Ayd Rand
When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
Ayd Rand
The best is a matter of standards—and I set my own standards.
Ayd Rand
To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That’s what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul – would you understand why that’s much harder?
Ayd Rand
My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.
Ayd Rand
