Ayn Rand Philosophical Quotes — Page 15

Philosopher, Novelist

Philosophical

“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 you're 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.”

Thinking Reality Mirrors

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Ayn Rand

Philosopher, Novelist

Philosophical

“The age of the skyscraper is gone. This is the age of the housing project. Which is always a prelude to the age of the cave.”

Age Gone Caves

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Philosophical

“Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal.”

Goal Achievement

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Philosophical

“A rational process is a moral process.”

Reason Process

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Philosophical

“The Romanticists predominantly, were enemies of capitalism, which they regarded as a prosaic, materialistic, “petty bourgeois” system — never realizing that it was the only system that could make freedom, individuality and the pursuit of values possible in practice.”

Practice Individuality Laissez Faire Capitalism

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Philosophical

“Toohey: "Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me? In any words you wish. No one will hear us." Roark: "But I don't think of you.”

Thinking Wish Fountainhead

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Philosophical

“The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men.”

Men Rights Independent

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Philosophical

“Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me; the guiding star and the loadstone which point the way. They point in but one direction. They point to me.”

Way Stars One Direction

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Philosophical

“Capitalism is the only system that can make freedom, individuality, and the pursuit of values possible in practice. When I say 'capitalism,' I mean a pure, uncontrolled, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism - with a separation of economics, in the same way and for the same reasons as a separation of state and church.”

Mean Practice Individuality

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Philosophical

“What is morality, she asked. Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price.”

Integrity Courage Dedication

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Philosophical

“Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives.”

Choices Change Life Changing

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Philosophical

“Professional intellectuals are the voice of a culture and are, therefore, its leaders, its integrators and its bodyguards.”

Voice Leadership Culture

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