Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacri….

There were things in my past which I have not liked. But all the things of which I was proud will remain..

Pleasure is nought but virtue's gayer name-- I wrong her still, I rate her worth too low: Virtue the root, and pleasure is the flow'r..

The charming aspect of Christmas is the fact that it expresses good will in a cheerful, happy, benevolent, non-sacrificial way..

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone ….

You have been called selfish for the courage of acting on your own judgement and bearing sole responsibility for your own life. You have been called ….

A rational process is a moral process. You may make an error at any step of it, with nothing to protect you but your own severity, or you may try to ….

It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth..

You are damned, and we wish to share your damnation..

And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing system? And wouldnt….

If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed"..

There is a fundamental moral difference between a man who sees his self-interest in production and a man who sees it in robbery. The evil of a robber….

At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by h….

If [people] place such things as friendship and family ties above their own productive work, yes, then they are immoral. Friendship, family life and ….

This was solidarity. The debutante having her toenails pedicured - the housewife buying carrots from a pushcart - the bookkeeper who had wanted to be….

Men have died in torture chambers, on the stake, in concentration camps, in front of firing squads, rather than renounce their convictions. The appea….

A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest ….

Man has a single basic choice: to think or not, and that is the gauge of his virtue. Moral perfection is an unbreached rationality-not the degree of ….

Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal..

Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep….

We are on strike against martyrdom—and against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that one man must exist for….