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“If a dedication page were to precede the total of my work, it would read: To the glory of Man.”

Quote by Ayn Rand

Book:Ayn Rand Reader

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Ayn Rand Reader

This book compiles a selection of Ayn Rand's writings, including philosophical essays, lectures, and speeches, showcasing her ideas on Objectivism, individualism, and capitalism. more

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American novelist and philosopher, known for her novels and philosophical ideas. Her works emphasize individualism, free markets, and rationalism, and have had a profound impact on politics and philosophy in the late 20th century. more

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“Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy . . . Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values, and finds his joy in nothing but rational actions.”

Men States Action Joy Desire Values Goal He Man Rational Contradictory Joy Happiness

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

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

“To hold an unchanging youth is to reach at the end, the vision with which one started.”

Ends Vision Youth Unchanging

Book:Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

“Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life-that the vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertions as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence.”

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“The fact that a man has no claim on others ... does not preclude or prohibit good will among men and does not make it immoral to offer or to accept voluntary, non-sacrificial assistance.”

Men Doe Facts Accepting Offers Claims Assistance Immoral Good Will

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way. One says: “Merry Christmas”-not “Weep and Repent.” And the good will is expressed in a material, earthly form-by giving presents to one's friends, or by sending them cards in token of remembrance . . . .”

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“There is nothing wrong in helping other people, if and when they are worthy of the help and you can afford to help them.”

People Ifs Helping Worthy Helping Others Ifs And Helping Other People

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism.”

Fighting Mistake Individualism Versus Collectivism

Author:Ayn Rand

“It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it involves the moral character of another person.”

Persons Character Given Easy Difficult Situation Moral Principles Abstract Moral Principles Moral Character

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“I saw that evil was impotent—that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-real—and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.”

Real Evil Saws Weapons Blind Triumph Willingness Irrational

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“For price is everywhere regulated by the return obtained by this last portion of capital, for which no rent whatever is paid.”

Lasts Return Paid Portions

Book:On the Principles of political economy and taxation

Source: On the Principles of political economy and taxation