17 Quotes from Ayn Rand on Living a Life of Individuality
Photographs of Ayn Rand often show her puffing on a cigarette held in an elegant holder, eyes wide and focused, ready for a philosophical fight. One of America’s most fearless and, at times, controversial philosophers and writers, Ayn Rand rocked the mid-20th century intellectual world with her thoughts on individualism and objectivity.
Her philosophy of Objectivism has at its heart a celebration of man’s mind and his/her ability to live as a free individual, rejecting all forms of irrationalism and staying true to reason, integrity and rationality. Pro-capitalism, anti-religion, Ayn Rand was a force to be reckoned with and her multi-million selling novels continue to scatter her ideas around the world.
Ayn Rand was born in Russia and a certain Russian proverbs springs to mind when reading her work; “it’s better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie.”
1) Ayn Rand on Selfishness
2) Ayn Rand on the Hero in Your Soul
From Atlas Shrugged
3) Ayn Rand on the Fight for Happiness
4) Ayn Rand on Friendship
From The Fountainhead
5) Ayn Rand on Freedom
From The Fountainhead
6) Ayn Rand on Lying
From Atlas Shrugged
7) Ayn Rand on Creativity
8) Ayn Rand on Dying for Love
From The Fountainhead
9) Ayn Rand on Values
From Atlas Shrugged
10) Ayn Rand on Love
From The Fountainhead
11) Ayn Rand on Doing What You Want
12) Ayn Rand on Living for Yourself
From Atlas Shrugged
13) Ayn Rand on Individuality
14) Ayn Rand on What to Do if You Don’t Know
From Atlas Shrugged
15) Ayn Rand on Revealing the Glaringly Evident
From The Fountainhead
16) Ayn Rand on Atlas Shrugging
From Atlas Shrugged
17) Ayn Rand being Ayn Rand
