Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed at each end; then, his wrists and knuckles tensed against the resistance, he bent the branch slowly into an arc. "Now I can make what I want of it: a bow, a spear, a cane, a railing. That's the meaning of life."
"Your strength?"
"Your work." He tossed the branch aside. "The material the earth offers you and what you make of it . . .
I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you.
Ayn RandTags: life death live mortality die fountainhead
He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points.
Ayn RandThroughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn RandThere are no evil thoughts, Mr. Rearden," Francisco said softly, "except one: the refusal to think.
Ayn RandObserve how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dread of discovering that those they deal with- their "loved ones" or friends or business associates or political rulers- are not merely mistaken, but evil. Observe that this dread leads them to sanction, to help and to spread the very evil whose existence they fear to acknowledge.
Ayn RandLove is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.
Ayn RandTo achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power.
Ayn RandReason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
Ayn RandTags: atlas-shrugged ayn-rand
[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”
[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?
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