Ayn Rand citáty

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„Milovat znamená dělat výjimky. Kdybys někoho milovala, přála by sis, aby tě zlomil, ponížil, podřídil si tě, ovládal tě, protože to je přesně to, co je pro tebe ve vztahu ke komukoli nepřípustné a nepředstavitelné. To by byl jediný dar, ta veliká výjimka, kterou bys mohla nabídnout muži, jehož bys milovala. Přestože by to pro tebe nebylo vůbec lehké.“

„Otázkou není, kdo mi to dovolí. Otázkou je, kdo mi v tom zabrání.“

„Pravda není pro každého, ale jen pro ty, kteří ji hledají .“

„Neexistují zlé myšlenky kromě jediné: odmítání myslet.“

„Zlo vyžaduje potrestání oběti.“

„Každá forma štěstí je soukromá. Naše největší okamžiky jsou osobní, vycházejí z nás a nikdo se jich nemá dotýkat.“

„Identifikujte dominantní filosofii ve společnosti a můžete předvídat její budoucnost.“

“My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.”

“The truth is not for all men but only for those who seek it.”

“Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”

“I regret nothing. There have been things I missed, but I ask no questions, because I have loved it, such as it has been, even the moments of emptiness, even the unanswered-and that I loved it, that is the unanswered in my life.”

“To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?”

“Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.”

“She did not know the nature of her loneliness. The only words that named it were: This is not the world I expected.”

“Racism is the lowest, most crudely primitive form of collectivism.”

“It is typical of today's culture that the proponents of seething, raging hostility are taken as advocates of love.”

“You have been the one encounter in my life that can never be repeated”

“If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.”

“Who is John Galt?”

“I love you so much that nothing can matter to me - not even you… Only my love- not your answer. Not even your indifference”

“I never found beauty in longing for the impossible and never found the possible to be beyond my reach.”

“What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? Every living thing must grow. It can't stand still. It must grow or perish.”

“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”

“When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.”

“People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it - walk.”

“Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.”

“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter.”

“Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.”

“There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.”

“Patience is always rewarded and romance is always round the corner!”

“If one's actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.”

“Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.”

“Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.”

“Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.”

“Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?”

“She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness…”