Happy Birthday Ayn Rand!
Rand was born Feb. 2, 1905. Today would be her 111th birthday.
"Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence—that man is an indivisible entity, an integrated unit of two attributes: of matter and consciousness, and that he may permit no breach between body and mind, between action and thought, between his life and his convictions—that, like a judge impervious to public opinion, he may not sacrifice his convictions to the wishes of others, be it the whole of mankind shouting pleas or threats against him—that courage and confidence are practical necessities, that courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one’s own consciousness." Galt's Speech
Use this post to share quotesfrom any of her amazing body of work :) Happy Randsday!
Edited:[If you are unaware of the lexicon, here is a link: www.aynrandlexicon.com
Just type in any word in the search box and find great quotes from her work as well as Peikoff's work. Handy tool. ]
"Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence—that man is an indivisible entity, an integrated unit of two attributes: of matter and consciousness, and that he may permit no breach between body and mind, between action and thought, between his life and his convictions—that, like a judge impervious to public opinion, he may not sacrifice his convictions to the wishes of others, be it the whole of mankind shouting pleas or threats against him—that courage and confidence are practical necessities, that courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one’s own consciousness." Galt's Speech
Use this post to share quotesfrom any of her amazing body of work :) Happy Randsday!
Edited:[If you are unaware of the lexicon, here is a link: www.aynrandlexicon.com
Just type in any word in the search box and find great quotes from her work as well as Peikoff's work. Handy tool. ]
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
I find all of them super-great!
"All knowledge is processed knowledge."
"Mathematics is a science of method (the science of relationships), a cognitive method that enables man to perform an unlimited series of integrations. Mathematics indicates the pattern of the cognitive role of concepts and the psycho-epistemological need they fulfill. Conceptualization is a method of expanding man's consciousness by reducing the number of its content's units--a systematic means to an unlimited integration of cognitive data."
I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
By the way, I'm almost half way though Trails of Injustice. What a great read!
what a perfect quote
This quote was easy to choose but there are so many more. I hope we get to see them all in this post!
But I don't think of you, Mr. Toohey.
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That a revived Constitutional USA
Make today a national holiday?
This would also be a wonderful day for creative writers.
http://www.redstate.com/diary/socrate...
All he said without a teleprompter was, "Uh, um, ye-yes I-I-I-I cuh-can spu=-pu-spell, uh, po-po-pota, uh, toe. (That last syllable is phonetic since he was only talking. I should have used email).
Then he added, "Uh, you, er, um, t-t-t-take me off your cuh-cuh-call list. Uh, I'm not buh-buh-buying any of-of on the-the-the-the phone.
That was all I was trying to do.
Given my unusual background and experiences, the first time I read that quote I had a lot of trouble getting to sleep that night. It absolutely was like a sledgehammer of clarity to the forehead...
Flyboy
"This is the meaning of the concept 'investment'” ("Egalitarianism and Inflation").
On that chilly night in 1974, after I heard Ayn Rand deliver these words at Boston's Ford Hall Forum, I later met her and she signed one of her articles for me. I've been investiging in her rare books and manuscripts ever since.
Thank you, Ayn Rand!
Michael
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