ayn rand

“ We know that we are evil, but there is no will in us and no power to resist it. ”

“ It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own. And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone. ”

“ We say to our self that we are a wretch and a traitor. But we feel no burden upon our spirit and no fear in our heart. ”

“ We have lied to ourselves. We have never built this box for the good of our brothers. We built it for its own sake. ”

“ There was no pain in their eyes and no knowledge of the agony of their body. There was only joy in them, and pride, a pride holier than it is fit for human pride to be. ”

“ Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt no pity when looking upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straight, new, thin and hard and strong. ”

“ We made it. We created it. We brought it forth from the night of the ages. We alone. Our hands. Our mind. Ours alone and only. ”

“ Dare not choose in your minds the work you would like to do when you leave the Home of Students. You shall do that which the Council of Vocations shall prescribe for you. ”

“ All men are good and wise. It is only we, we alone who were born with a curse. For we are not like our brothers. ”

“ International 4-8818 and we are friends. These are evil things to say, for it is a transgression blacker, the great Transgression of Preference, to love any among men better than the others, since we must love all men and all men are our friends. ”