When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men's first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice

Quote by Ayn Rand

Topics: Mediocrity Quotes

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

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

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

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...

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

That love is reverence, and worship, and glory, and the upward glance. Not a bandage...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop...

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown...

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

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

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

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.

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

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

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...

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

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to...

There can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to...

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,...

Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect.

Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.