The great women in history are those who have had a strong voice against all stereotypes in society and make their point of view on the realities of the world very clear, but above all in providing solutions viable for everyone, as well as recognizing the efforts of people who are dedicated to improving the world.
One of those great personalities is Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, better known as Ayn Rand. An incredible philosopher and writer with great recognized stories and creator of her own philosophical system called 'Objectivism'.
Thinking of inspiring you, we bring you in this article the best and most inspiring phrases of Ayn Rand.
Best quotes and thoughts from Ayn Rand
With these phrases by Ayn Rand you can find the inspiration you need to face life and find a different vision of the world.
one. The intimidation argument is a confession of intellectual impotence. (The virtue of selfishness)
When people fail to understand what is happening, they respond with violence.
2. Strength and mind are opposites. Morality ends where the gun begins.
When we involve weapons we can no longer talk about morality, if we seek violence, we immediately lose morale.
3. There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the way of achieving the same ultimate goal
Socialism and communism are 2 sides of the same coin. In the end, the end justifies the means and the end is the same, a forced equality.
4. There are no evil thoughts, except one: refusing to think.
The refusal to think is the first step of ignorance.
5. Communism proposes to enslave man through force, socialism through voting. It's the same difference between murder and suicide.
Communism and socialism end up being the same, but a false morality applied in socialism makes up everything before society.
6. Even if contamination were a risk to human life, we must remember that life in Nature, without technology, is a wholesale slaughterhouse.
Today completely removing technology from our lives is suicide, the truth is that technology is now necessary for us to survive.
7. Do you feel miserably helpless and want to rebel? Rebel against your teachers' ideas.
Ideas are the most powerful slavers, they bind us. Learning to fight misconceptions is essential to living.
8. Accept the irrevocable fact that your life depends on your mind.
Everything we do, whether consciously or not, is the work of our mind, without the mind we would only be. empty shells.
9. I never found beauty in the longing for the impossible and I never found the possible beyond my reach.
Sighing for the impossible hurts us, we must focus on our goals carrying them out through small steps that we are capable of achieving.
10. I am going to give you a useful idea. Contradictions do not exist. When you believe in a contradiction, review your data. You will always find something wrong. (Atlas Shrugged)
There cannot be 2 correct and contradictory things, if it seems to be so on some occasion, it is because we have not understood one of the 2
eleven. Love is our response to our highest values.
In our culture, love is the highest expression of morality being correctly applied.
12. The man who does not value himself cannot value anything or anyone.
It is impossible for a person to see the worth of others if he cannot even see his own worth
13. Every aspect of Western culture needs a new ethical code - a rational ethic - as a precondition for rebirth.
We have reached a point of moral decline in the West, it is so much so that a new cultural renaissance is necessary to leave all this behind.
14. Learn to value yourself, that is what it means to fight for your happiness.
Valuing ourselves is being aware of ourselves, of our defects and virtues, making us fight to be happy by accepting ourselves.
fifteen. The ambition for power is a weed that only grows in the abandoned lot of an empty mind.
Ambition is present in everyone, but only the empty-minded can give in to it.
16. No man can have the right to impose on another man an unchosen obligation, an unrewarded duty, or an involuntary service. (The virtue of selfishness)
No one should force us to do anything, life is individual and we must carry it out that way.
17. The smallest minority in the world is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot also claim to be defenders of minorities.
The true individual is one who protects his rights, his ideas and his beliefs
18. Integrity is the recognition that one's own conscience cannot be falsified.
Sometimes we humans create a false conscience to try to obscure the bad things we do, but this is still false, hence the importance of being upright.
19. When the common good of a society is considered as something separate and superior to the individual good of its members, it means that the good of some men has priority over the good of other men, those consigned to the status of sacrificed animals.
In today's society the benefit of the elites, of the bourgeoisie is always sought over the people, the rest is taken as slaughterhouse meat.
twenty. Someday the world will discover that without thought there can be no love.
It is commonly said that when there is love you do not think, contrary to this when there is love you think everything very well, because we seek good and happiness, not just recklessness.
twenty-one. Honesty is the recognition that existence cannot be falsified
Being honest is being aware of who we are and acting accordingly with our reality.
22. Do you want to know what is wrong with the world? All the disasters that have struck the world stemmed from leaders trying to ignore the fact that A is A. (Atlas Shrugged)
In our current system totally clear things are ignored only for political interests and criminology.
23. I would trade the most beautiful sunset in the world for a single view of the New York skyline.
Beauty is subjective and is guided by feelings rather than by the visual.
24. The truth is not for everyone, but for those who seek it.
The truth can often hurt, but those who question things and seek it are able to bear the pain,
25. But you will meet people who will try to hurt you through the good in you, knowing that it is good, needing it and hating you for it. Do not let yourself be run over when you discover such an attitude in others.
Envy tends to corrode people, the best thing you can do is ignore everyone and focus on yourself to grow as a free and positive person.
26. Knowing one's desires, their meaning and their costs, requires the highest human virtue: Rationality.
Being able to discover our desires and their costs is proof that we are maturing as individuals.
27. I adore individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I detest humanity for its inability to live up to these possibilities.
The individual and collective capacity of humanity is very different, humanity often does not reach its maximum potential out of envy of the individual.
28. Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.
When we show mercy to a victimizer, we are spitting on the rights that are taken away and hurt the victim.
29. What is the basic, essential, crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action against physical coercion or obligation.
Any action that is forced by a physical or mental condition and is not born of ourselves, is a form of slavery.
30. The men of self-vision continued on. They fought, suffered and paid for their greatness, but they won. (The Spring)
People who defend their vision and ideas only lose when they themselves abandon what they fought for.
31. There is nothing that can take away a man's freedom except other men. To be free, a man must be free from his brothers.
When we learn to love ourselves and leave behind the mental barriers that others impose on us, we learn to be truly free.
32. The moral justification of capitalism lies in the fact that it is the only system consonant with the rational nature of man, that it protects the survival of man as a man and that its governing principle is justice. (The virtue of selfishness)
The morality of capitalism is none other than covering the interests of those who maintain and promote it. Just to continue to benefit from it.
33. Altruism is what is destroying capitalism.
Acting as humans and as partners among all of us is the best way to stop them from continuing to exploit us financially.
3. 4. Every living thing must grow. He can't stay still. It must grow or perish.
If we stagnate as people, we are not really living, we need to grow and experience.
35. Individual rights are not subject to public vote; a majority does not have the right to vote to derogate from the rights of a minority.
Human rights should be for all humans, without exclusion. Even if a small group is affected.
36. Altruism considers death as its ultimate goal and its criterion of value.
For altruists, the fear of death is foolish, all they want to do is live life to the fullest and help whoever they can.
37. Happiness is that state of consciousness that comes from the achievement of one's own values.
There is nothing more satisfying than achieving our goals by following our codes.
38. Man is an indivisible entity, an integrated unit of two attributes: matter and consciousness, and that cannot allow any gap between body and mind, between action and thought, between life and convictions.
For our life to be optimal we must find a balance between the physical and the spiritual whether we are believers or not.
39. He wanted precisely to warn him against the sin of forgiveness. (Atlas Shrugged)
Asking for forgiveness must be genuine, but it must also be requested from those who have truly offended and not from those of us who want to beg for their love.
40. When necessity is the norm, every man is both victim and parasite.
With sufficient need, any man is capable of heinous acts.
41. God… A being whose only definition is that he is beyond the capacity of the human mind to comprehend
The definition of God escapes all logic, everything that is said about him, does not go beyond a mere supposition of a being who does not even understand his way of thinking.
42. A desire presupposes the possibility of the action necessary to achieve it. An action presupposes an objective worthy of being achieved. (Atlas Shrugged)
When we want something we are closer to achieving it, to achieve our goals it is necessary to dream them at first.
43. Money will not buy happiness for those who do not know what they want.
An empty person will never fill with material things.
44. Man cannot survive except through his own mind. He arrives unarmed on Earth. His brain is his only weapon.
Throughout human evolution, we have been able to verify that our mind is the most powerful and destructive weapon.
Four. Five. As a judge impervious to public opinion, one cannot sacrifice his own certainties to the wishes of others, even if all humanity begs or threatens him.
A person in charge of dispensing justice, he should never change his perspective because of public pressure
46. If someone's actions are honest, he does not need the trust of others
Don't worry about what others think of you. Only act according to your heart and without hurting others.
47. Discard that unlimited license to evil that consists in proclaiming that man is imperfect.
Although there is no such thing as perfection, the saying that 'no one is perfect' can become an excuse for not wanting to improve.
"48. If I wanted to speak with your vocabulary, I would say that the only moral commandment that man has is: You shall think. But a moral commandment is a contradiction in terms. The moral is what is chosen, not what is forced; what is understood, not what is obeyed. The moral is the rational, and Reason does not accept commandments."
Our opinions come from our values and, although these are a reflection of our upbringing at home. They have also been built from our experiences and should not be imposed by others.
49. When a man tries to deal with me by force, I answer him – by force.
Violent people take advantage of those they think are weak. Prove that you are not and you will see how scared they are.
fifty. “Should” destroys self-esteem: it does not allow there to be an “I” that can be estimated.
Don't let anyone control your life, because that is the perfect recipe for being unhappy.
51. Integrity is the ability to be faithful to an idea.
We don't need to hover over someone to stand out. If our ideas are innovative they will succeed on their own.
"52. Since there is no such entity known as the public, since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that the public interest trumps private interests and rights has only one meaning: that the interests and rights of some Individuals take precedence over the interests and rights of others."
Do rights really benefit us all? Or are they only for a select group of wholesalers with power?
53. The need of the creator comes before the need of any potential beneficiary.
True creators bring their ideas to life, unleash their creativity and only share it with the world when necessary.
54. The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy and live
Morality should not be something that restricts us, but rather gives us the freedom to experiment.
55. Man must choose his values and his actions through reason, that each individual has the right to exist for himself, without sacrificing himself for others or sacrificing others for himself, and that no one has the right to obtain values from others by resorting to the physical strength
To be happy in life we must be responsible for our actions, not let ourselves be trampled by others and be at peace with our being.
56. The intimidation argument is a confession of intellectual impotence.
Intimidation is just the way to prevent someone from standing out more than another, just out of envy of not being the ones to shine.
57. The more you learn, the more you know you know nothing.
The beautiful thing about learning is that we gain new knowledge every time.
58. Abortion is a moral right – which should be left to the sole discretion of the affected woman.
Abortion is a sensitive issue, but only women in that situation can have an opinion on it.
59. God save capitalism from the defenders of capitalism!
If you devour without control, even that which feeds you will end up running out.
60. When you realize that corruption is rewarded and honesty becomes a self-sacrifice, then you can safely affirm that your society is doomed.
A dignified society cannot be sustained by dishonest acts that only benefit those who can buy the laws.
61. It is not death that we want to avoid, it is life that we want to live.
So live freely and without worrying about what has a solution.
62. Here the human being faces his basic choice, that he can survive in only one of two ways: by the autonomous work of his own mind, or as a parasite fed on the minds of others.
How do you want to live your future?
63. Free scientific research? The second adjective is redundant.
All research should be considered part of science.
64. The man who produces while others dispose of his product is a slave.
If you support others, they will never want to do anything on their own.
65. What I know is that happiness is possible for me on earth. And my happiness does not need a higher end to be possible. (Live!)
What is happiness for you?
66. The most depraved type of human being is the man without a purpose.
The person who has no purpose is capable of anything to find one.
67. Art is a selective recreation of reality in accordance with the artist's metaphysical values and judgments.
Through art we can observe the soul and thought of the artist
68. Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
When we live we enjoy the moment waiting for death.
69. I will choose friends among men, but not slaves or masters. I will choose only those that please me, and I will love and respect them, but I will not obey or give orders. And we will join hands when we want, or walk alone when we want.
Man is by nature social, but he has the right and obligation to choose with whom to socialize.
70. A body without a soul is a corpse, a soul without a body is a ghost.
It is in our soul where we keep our feelings and if we are not empathetic with others, can we call ourselves people?
71. Those who fight for the future already live it in the present.
The future is built by ourselves, so since we started looking for it, we are already in it.
72. The moral cannibalism of all hedonistic and altruistic doctrines is based on the premise that the happiness of one man requires the harm of another.
Why should our happiness be determined by what others think is right for us?
73. Nothing is given to us on Earth. All we need must be produced.
The land as such does not give us things, but rather the foundations to have them, we must work for them.
"74. When I say Capitalism, I mean complete, pure, uncontrolled, unregulated, laissez faire Capitalism. With a complete separation of the State and the economy in the same way and for the same reasons that there is a separation between the State and the Church."
The capitalism you know is not the real one, we live in a false capitalism where the government takes advantage of the economy and manipulates it.
75. A man's character is the result of his premises.
Our character is formed by experiences, it is the social principle that Vigotsky also affirms.
We hope these phrases can inspire you to fight for a better world and that your own world is better.