122 Quotes About Objectivism

Let's say I have a mystical soul and a rational brain, and, like Montaigne, I am incapable of choosing between them. I don't know if I believe in God, but I am often tempted to believe.

Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.

Lovers tend to be philosophical, achievers are practical.

Pragmatism is good prevention for problems.

Sometimes I do face failures, but I don't like failures.

An invention is a responsibility of the individual, society cannot invent, it can only applaud the invention and inventor.

Your self is your mind; renounce it and you become a chunk of meat ready for any cannibal to swallow.

A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.