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

Judge, and be prepared to be judged.

Ayn Rand

Kill reverence and you’ve killed the hero in man.

Ayn Rand

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

Ayn Rand

Life is a value to be bought and thinking is the only coin noble enough to buy it.

Ayn Rand

Love is not self-sacrifice, but the most profound assertion of your own needs and values. It is for your own happiness that you need the person you love, and that is the greatest compliment, the greatest tribute you can pay to that person.

Ayn Rand

Love is our response to our highest values, and can be nothing else.

Ayn Rand

Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer – and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

Ayn Rand

Man’s character is the product of his premises.

Ayn Rand

Man’s mind is his basic tool of survival.

Ayn Rand