“the important consideration is not your opponents, but yourself. It is bad to scream at them, not because it hurts them, they ought to be hurt, but because it hurts you. Anger is a form of recognition. It amounts to admitting that those people are important to you and that they have the power to hurt you. Actually, they haven't.”
This book includes a selection of letters written by Ayn Rand, offering insights into her personal life, philosophical thoughts, and the development of her literary works. more
“Art is the indispensable medium for the communication of a moral ideal.”
“The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard.”
“One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.”
“A 'mixed economy' is a society in the process of committing suicide.”