Ruchi Sharma

“Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking—that the mind is one’s only judge of values and one’s only guide of action—that reason is an absolute that permits no compromise—that a concession to the irrational invalidates one’s consciousness and turns it from the task of perceiving to the task of faking reality—that the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind—that the acceptance of a mystical invention is a wish for the annihilation of existence and, properly, annihilates one’s consciousness.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“The greatest excuse you must have is the excuse to do your best to the very best and in a distinctive manner”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

“It does take an exceptional mind and a still more exceptional integrity to remain untouched by the brain-destroying influences of the world doctrines, the accumulated evil of centuries-- to remain _human_, since the human is the rational”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

“This, in every hour and every issue, is your basic moral choice: thinking or non-thinking, existence or non-existence, A or non-A, entity or zero.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged