Ayn Rand

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight read more

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it- walk.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape read more

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the read more

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity read more

Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether read more

Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.