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For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)

Book by Ayn Rand · 6 quotes · Men, Values, Fountainhead

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For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition) Quotes

“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.”

“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.”

“Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live-that productive work is the process by which man's consciousness controls his existence, a constant process of acquiring knowledge and shaping matter to fit one's purpose, of translating an idea into physical form, of remaking the earth in the image of one's values-that all work is creative work if done by a thinking mind.”