Truth Quote by Ayn Rand — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

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

“Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential.”

“My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.”

“Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It's the hardest thing in the world--to do what we want. And it takes the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.”

“Man is an end in himself.”

“An attempt to achieve the good by force is like an attempt to provide a man with a picture gallery at the price of cutting out his eyes.”

“Not every instance requires a response. Truth resides silently in the seat of power.”

“You can't get decent Mexican food in DC.”

“Relationships should be built on trust and truth.”

“I died for beauty, but was scarce”

“Eyes blinded by the fog of things”

“I was a veritable Johnny Appleseed of grand expectations, and all I reaped for my trouble was a harvest of bitter fruit.”