Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. Ayn Rand adjustanimalbackground Change image and share on social
It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. Ayn Rand collectintendman share on social
Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another. Ayn Rand achievecharacterearn share on social
Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason. Ayn Rand demandmanmoney Change image and share on social
The man who lets a leader prescribe his course is a wreck being towed to the scrap heap. Ayn Rand heapleaderlet Change image and share on social
A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving. Ayn Rand achieveactiondesire Change image and share on social
To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one's mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality. Ayn Rand abdicatearriveconfess Change image and share on social
From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from one attribute of man - the function of his reasoning mind. Ayn Rand abstractionattributefunction share on social
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. Ayn Rand barometermoneysociety Change image and share on social
When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. Ayn Rand animalbehaviorbelieve share on social
