Ayn Rand Notes

1. Have no pain attached to past. If you have one, Find a means to remove it.
2. Best effort of the self for a Purpose you believe in. (?)
3. Assume the identity of Leader. Have tonality and body language of a leader.
4. Happiness is agent of purification
5 Understand your power
6. Best virtue above all is when you have a goal to work for and you do nothing but achieve the goal. Best path through the Glory is having something to do one after another. Be on constant run till you feel you couldn't have done nothing else. That is what is going to satisfy you when you die old.
7. Its not competition that should Enthrall you but the competence. Code of Competence is best honor.
8. Greatest enjoyment is a process to the goal you have selected. It is your Karma to accomplish it.
9. Attitude of "I can do it" is strongest of all. This is when you know that no fear resides with in you.
10. Play to win for yourself and not to defeat other. Keep eye on your score.
11. The most feminine feeling for women is when you make her feel helpless with the power of pleasure that you can give her.
12. Earn the present for the celebration.
13. Sight of great achievement is greatest gift to human.
14. Fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady
15. There is no action that can be taken with undefined thought,unstated purposes, unspecified morality,
16. Giving gift to your partner because she needs it is needy. Giving gift to your partner because it is you who want her to have it is strong.
17. Cost isn't what decides the luxury. It is the Self Amusement related to products that defines luxury.
18. page 380-385 , 418-422, 430, 444-445 453
19. Take no pity and never even talk about getting any pity.
20. Intelligence, Power, Cunningness and knowledge is thing of prestige and not hiding. You have to accept that you aren't innocent of all.
21. One whose self esteem is destroyed is mercy of all others.
22. 910-911
23. Whatever you do, you will tell your kids the same old line that you are man with experience.
24. 924-979


Fountainhead

1. Everything bad comes from the mind because mind asks too many questions.
2. Soul can't be assumed but to be given to an object by creator based on a central idea for the reason of the object.
3. Say bad things about yourself and other people won't have chance to mock you.
4. Something that doens't make sense can't be fought. Reason requires reason to be fought.
5. When you rise to a fame, Source of fame can't be changed.
6. No time to think of enemies. If you think of them, You are your own enemy
7, People always like to have mirror people around them. But only self-centered person can enjoy those mirrors. It is better for allowing the people to be contrasting.
8. It isn't your job to convince other that what you are doing is right. Just do the act and if they like it, they will follow you anyways. If you are wrong, blame shall fall on you.
9. All human exist for thier own joy of being. It is our duty to amuse ourselves.
10. Life is what you make of the materials given to you.
11. Freedom and Compulsion alligned together makes the world run.
12. People need a pattern to work in, Creativity is what hangs around the same pattern.
13. Having limited options doesn't scare the people, it is variety of too many options that makes them indecisive.
14. It is most selfish act to seek emotions like respect, admiration etc from Others. Using other ideas to feel admired for yourself is also act of mediocre
15. Collective Form of thinking one some basic Idea is insult to the self. Too much warying ideas will get you nowhere.
16. People seek themselves through others and that is the reason they never feel happy. All the wealth, material, respect is not for themselves but to show to others.
17. Worst person is the person who chases the power.
18. You don't live for your friends but you create a reason that you should live together.
19. Best revenge is to unite people of single thought and lead them in a channel you desire. Instead of Divide and rule, Unite and rule is more stronger.
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