David Wheeldon > David's Quotes

“Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“A genius is a genius, regardless of the number of morons who belong to the same race - and a moron is a moron, regardless of the number of geniuses who share his racial origin.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“Man's basic vice, the source of all his evils, is the act of unfocusing his mind, the suspension of his consciousness, which is not blindness, but the refusal to see, not ignorance, but the refusal to know.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“The cult of moral grayness is a revolt against moral values.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“A Conformist is a man who declares, "It's true because others believe it" - but an Individualist is NOT a man who declares, "It's true because I believe it."
An Individual declares, "I believe it because I see in reason that it is true.”
― 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

“Morality is a code of black and white. When and if men attempt a compromise, it is obvious which side will necessarily lose and which will necessarily profit.”
― 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. And so are the kind of social gatherings, held for no other purpose than the expression of hysterical chaos, where the guests wander around in an alcoholic stupor, prattling noisily and senselessly, and enjoying the illusion of a universe where one is not burdened with purpose, logic, reality or awareness.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism