Quotes by Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

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One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Racism negates two aspects of man's life: reason and choice, or mind and morality, replacing them with chemical predesti — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards...in order to appeal to the irrationality, dishonesty or stu — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others. — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self-esteem, is capable of love—because he is the only man — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
The practical implementation of friendship, affection and love consists of incorporating the welfare (the rational welfa — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
The respectable family that supports worthless relatives or covers up their crimes in order to "protect the family name" — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Racism is a doctrine of, by and for brutes. — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness. — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Observe how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dread of discovering t — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
No man can have a right to impose an unchosen obligation , an unrewarded duty or an involuntary servitude on another man — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
There is no such thing as "the right to enslave".A nation can do it , just as a man can become a criminal - but neither — Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism