By Ayn Rand
I am wolf. Quietly I will endure, silently I will suffer, patiently I will wait for. I am a warrior and I will survive.
Do you know about the beauty of this world? It is built mostly by the actions of those who expected no rewards in return. So just keep up the good deeds, and they will surely pay off in the end. Good morning.
Aesthetic life is not something sophisticated – that’s a humanistic lie. Aesthetic life is as integral to being human as building sandcastles on the beach and giving your children names.
Art will survive, artists won’t.
Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself.
Karma is justice. It does not reward or punish. It shows no favoritism because we have to earn all that we receive.
For the innocent, the past may hold a reward. But for the treacherous, it’s only a matter of time before the past delivers what they truly deserve.
Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior.
A man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress.
If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.
The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
My own life has been much more than a fairy tale. I’ve had my share of difficult moments, but whatever difficulties I’ve gone through, I’ve always gotten the prize at the end.
We, humans, are so tortured by not properly guessing what will make us happy.
Let me make one thing clear. I have never considered mere survival in power as any achievement, just as I have never seen coming to power as an achievement in itself.
Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.
Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are the tormented souls.
Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the pleasure. If you don’t believe it, compare the respective feelings of two animals, one of which is eating the other.
Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.
