Quote #29

Existence exists-and the act of grasping that statement implies two corollary axioms: that something exists which one perceives and that one exists possessing consciousness, consciousness being the faculty of perceiving that which exists.

More from Ayn Rand

  1. An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.
  2. Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where the gun begins.
  3. The purpose of philosophy is not to help men find the meaning of life but to prove to them that there is none.
  4. Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
  5. All work is an act of philosophy.
  6. A house can have integrity, just like a person, and just as seldom.
  7. A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.
  8. People were his protection against people. Howard Roark had no sense of people.

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