That which exists possesses identity; he could keep it out of existence by refusing to identify it. Ayn Rand More Quotes by Ayn Rand More Quotes From Ayn Rand Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. Ayn Rand moneypowerfulinspirational Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one’s consciousness can permit the faking of existence. Ayn Rand honestyintegritymen The problem is not those who dream, but those who can only dream. Ayn Rand problemdream The Founding Fathers were neither passive, death-worshipin g mystics nor mindless, power-seeking looters; as a political group they were a phenomenon unprecedented in history: they were thinkers who were also men of action. Ayn Rand politicalmenfather The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing. Ayn Rand sacrificeselfworld If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . . Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability. Ayn Rand destroyingmoralwish Married people dont look like they have bedrooms on their minds when they look at each other. In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both...Not both. Ayn Rand mindpeoplelooks Life is a value to be bought and thinking is the only coin noble enough to buy it. Ayn Rand coinsnoblethinking People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons. Ayn Rand reasongivingpeople The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness. Ayn Rand escapingdrunkresponsibility Racism is a doctrine of, by and for brutes. Ayn Rand doctrinebrutesracism Don't worry. They're all against me. But I have one advantage: they don't know what they want. I do. Ayn Rand advantagewantworry An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced. Ayn Rand novelistshonestymen An emotion as much tells you nothing about reality, beyond the fact that something makes you feel something. Ayn Rand dreamlovereality I say that man is entitled to his own happiness and that he must achieve it himself. But that he cannot demand that others give up their lives to make him happy. Ayn Rand giving-uplibertymen Don't think of them now. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them. You're here. It's our time and our life, not theirs. Don't struggle not to be happy. You are." - John Gault Ayn Rand painfightingstruggle When men abandon reason, physical force becomes their only means of dealing with one another and of settling disagreements. Ayn Rand novelistsmenmean Every form of happiness is private. Our greatest moments are personal, self-motivated, not to be touched". Ayn Rand fountainheadmomentsself Thinking men cannot be ruled; ambitious men do not stagnate. Ayn Rand ambitiousmenthinking The concept of individual rights is so prodigious a feat of political thinking that few men grasp it fully - and two hundred years have not been enough for other countries to understand it. But this is the concept to which we owe our lives - the concept which made it possible for us to bring into reality everything of value that any of us did or will achieve or experience. Ayn Rand mencountrythinking
