To say I love you one must first be able to say the I.

Quote by Ayn Rand

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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public,...

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

Do not ever say that the desire to do good by force is a good...

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal...

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal...

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

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

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

To say 'I love you' one must first be able to say the 'I.'

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

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

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

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

There is no greater wealth than to own your life and spend it on living.

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will...

Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in...

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background,...

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background,...

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

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

The Master of Life's been good to me. He has given me strength to face...

The Master of Life's been good to me. He has given me strength to face...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be...

Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be...