Ayn Rand Reason Quotations

Nobody has ever given a reason why men should be their brother's keepers.

My morality, the morality of reason, is contained in a single axiom: existence exists - and in a single choice: to live.

A rational process is a moral process.

The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

There is only one source of authentic self-confidence: reason.

... reason accepts no commandments.

It stands to reason that if sacrifices are being given, somebody is collecting sacrifices.

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.

People said it because other people said it. They did not know why it was being said and heard everywhere. they did not give or ask for reasons.

...if men are to be ruled, then the enemy is reason.

I am not primarily an advocate of capitalism, but of egoism; I am not primarily an advocate of egoism, but of reason. If one recognizes the supremacy of reason and applies it consistently, all the rest follows.

Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.