Ayn Rand Quotes About Religion

• 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 sacrificing others to himself; he must work for his rational self-interest, with the achievement of his own happiness as the highest moral purpose of his life.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Mean, Sacrifice

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2419, Penguin

• Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).

  Ayn Rand

  Freedom, Rights, Political

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.100, Penguin

• Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.

  Ayn Rand

  Religion, Defense, Lines

  "The Romantic Manifesto" by Ayn Rand, (Ch. 3), 1969.

• And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride. This god, this one word: 'I.

  Ayn Rand

  Pride, Men, Joy

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Anthem”, p.47, Xist Publishing

• To fear to face an issue is to believe that the worst is true.

  Ayn Rand

  Fear, Believe, Issues

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.808, Hamilton Books

• Faith is the wors curse of mankind, as the exact antithesis and enemy of thought.

  Ayn Rand

  Enemy, Religion, Mankind

• Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute - and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to grasp? The nature of your actions - and of your ambition - will be different, according to which set of answers you come to accept.

  Ayn Rand

  Ambition, Law, Miracle

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.11, Penguin

• If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Civilization, Religion

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.63, Penguin

• Morality pertains only to the sphere of man's free will - only to those actions which are open to his choice.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Choices, Religion

• The alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind

  Ayn Rand

  Cutting, Mind, Religion

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.174, Penguin

• There has never been a philosophy, a theory or a doctrine, that attacked (or 'limited') reason, which did not preach submission to the power of some authority.

  Ayn Rand

  Philosophy, Religion, Doctrine

  Ayn Rand (1999). “The Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution”, p.76, Penguin

• For centuries, the mystics of spirit had existed by running a protection racket - by making life on earth unbearable, then charging you for consolation and relief, by forbidding all the virtues that make existence possible, then riding on the shoulders of your guilt, by declaring production and joy to be sins, then collecting blackmail from the sinners.

  Ayn Rand

  Running, Joy, Religion

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.124, Penguin

• If you get caught at some crucial point and somebody tells you that your doctrine doesn't make sense - you're ready for him. You tell him there's something above sense. That here he must not try to think, he must feel. He must believe. Suspend reason and you can play it deuces wild.

  Ayn Rand

  Believe, Thinking, Play

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.608, Penguin

• This god, this one word: I.

  Ayn Rand

  Religion, Anthem, One Word

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Anthem (一個人的頌歌)”, p.292, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

• to rest one's case on faith means to concede that reason is on the side of one's enemies- that one has no rational arguments to offer.

  Ayn Rand

  Mean, Enemy, Religion

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.116, Penguin

• In that world, you'll be able to rise in the morning with the spirit you had known in your childhood: that spirit of eagerness, adventure and certainty which comes from dealing with a rational universe.

  Ayn Rand

  Morning, Adventure, Childhood

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.816, Hamilton Books

• Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind, and a step that travels unlimited roads.

  Ayn Rand

  Freedom, Men, Mind

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.817, Hamilton Books

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