Ayn Rand

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

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

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.

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

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

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

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.