A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Ayn Rand quote A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
Ayn Rand quote A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
Ayn Rand quote Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
Ayn Rand quote Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
Ayn Rand quote Art is too serious to be taken seriously.
Ayn Rand quote Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
Ayn Rand quote Biography
Novelist, lived 1905 - 82
