Antonia

“Men are not open to truth or reason. They cannot be reached by a rational argument. The mind is powerless against them. Yet we have to deal with them. If we want to accomplish anything, we have to deceive them into letting us accomplish it. Or force them. They understand nothing else. We cannot expect their support for any endeavor of the intellect, for any goal of the spirit.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“After a while, he went back to his task; he decided that pain was not a valid reason for stopping.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“Observation precedes reflection. When we come to think definitely about the mind, we are all apt to make use of notions which we have derived from our experience of external things.”
― George Stuart Fullerton, An Introduction to Philosophy

“whatever we are, it’s we who move the world and it’s we who’ll pull it through.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged