Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.
Ayn RandI saw that evil was impotentโthat evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-realโand that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.
Ayn RandAsk anything of men. Ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But donโt ask them to achieve self-respect. They will hate your soul.
Ayn RandAndrei, did you like the opera?" "Not particularly." "Andrei, do you see what you're missing?" "I don't think I do, Kira. It's all rather silly. And useless." "Can't you enjoy things that are useless, merely because they are beautiful?" "No. But I enjoyed it." "The music?" "No. The way you listened to it.
Ayn Rand