Ayn Rand

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: read more

Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: "You must, if " and the "if" stands for man's choice

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, read more

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

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.

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one read more

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.