Quotes by Ayn Rand

The entire history of science is a progression of exploded fallacies.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of ones values.

To demand sense is the hallmark of nonsense. Nature does not make sense. Nothing makes sense.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

Every man is free to rise as far as hes able or willing but the degree to which he thinks determines the degree to which hell rise.

Kill reverence and youve killed the hero in man.

Upper classes are a nations past the middle-class is its future.

What you think is an illusion created by your glands your emotions and in the last analysis by the content of your stomach. That gray matter youre so proud of is like a mirror in an amusement park which transmits to you nothing but distorted signals from reality forever beyond your grasp.

Productive work is the central purpose of a rational mans life the central value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all his other values. Reason is the source the precondition of his productive work - pride is the result.

The capacity for unclouded enjoyment, she thought, does not belong to irresponsible fools; an inviolate peace of spirit is not the achievement of a drifter; to be able to laugh like that is the end result of the most profound, most solemn thinking.

You always play it open, don’t you?” he asked.“I’ve never noticed you doing otherwise.”“I thought I was the only one who could afford to.

Never place your punch at the beginning of a column nor at the end. Sneak it in where its least expected. Fill a whole column with drivel, just to get in that one important line.

There is no such thing as the right to enslave.A nation can do it , just as a man can become a criminal - but neither can do it by right. It doesnt matter in this context, whether a nation was enslaved by force (like soviet Russia), or by vote (like Nazi Germany).

Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.

A quest for self-respect is proof of its lack

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.

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

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.

I dont build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.