安·兰德女士是全世界有史以来最畅销的作家之一,是20世纪美国最为知名、小说和论著卖出册数最多的作家、思想家和公共知识分子之一。
建筑具有与人类类似的完整性。只是一样地罕见。
有创造性的人的动机,是对成就的渴望,而不是希望打败他人。
愿望的前提是实现愿望的行动的可能性,行动的先决条件是目标的实现价值。
成就你的幸福是你生命的唯一的道德目的,而幸福——没有痛苦或盲目的自我放纵——是你为人诚实正直的证明,因为那是你对实现你的价值的忠诚程度的证明和结果。
成就生命并不等于避免死亡。
问问自己,天堂和高尚的梦想应该是在坟墓里等待我们——还是在我们这里,现在,在这个地球上。
文明是走向隐私社会的进步。
文明是人类摆脱人类社会的进程。
矛盾不存在。如果你觉得你面临着矛盾,就审视你的前提。你会发现其中肯定有错。
每个人以自己的形象建立自己的世界。他有选择的能力,但没有逃避选择的必要性的能力。
我不为拥有客户而建设。我为建设而拥有客户。
我发誓,以我的生命和我爱生命的名义,我决不会为他人活着,也不会要求他人为我活着。
个人权利是使社会服从道德法则的手段。
爱是一个人的价值的表现,是他在性格和人格方面成就的道德素质所能获得的最大的回报,是他为接受另一个人的贞洁的欢娱所付出的情感的代价。
钱只是一种工具。它会把你带到你想去的地方,但不会替你开车。
金钱是衡量一个社会的美德的晴雨表。
动机不是不请自来的。拒绝它的人们不能被它征服。别指望他们。让他们呆着去吧。
既然你认为金钱是万恶之源。那你有没有问过什么是万银之源?
道德的目的要教会你的,不是痛苦和死亡,而是尽情享受自我和生活。
地球上最少的少数派是个人。那些否认个人权利的人不能自称是少数派的捍卫者。
事实不是为所有人,只是为那些寻求它的人存在的。
最严重的罪行是接受一个不劳而获的罪行。
每种争议都分两派:一派是正确的,另一派是错误的,但中间派永远是邪恶的。
要说“我爱你”,首先必须能够说出“我”。
上层阶级是一个民族的过去;中产阶级是它的未来。
财富是人的思维能力的产品。
当我死了,我希望上天堂,不管那是不是地狱。
第二篇:女哲学家、小说家安·兰德的名言(二)
女哲学家、小说家安·兰德的名言(二)
Ayn Rand
? Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your
premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
? Love 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.
? The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.
? Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them.
Leave them alone.
? There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is
always evil.
? Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our
graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth.
? 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.
? The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
? Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to
escape the necessity of choice.
? Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the
driver.
? So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all
money?
? Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is
public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
? If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.
? There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable
non-conformist.