“Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.”
More from Ayn Rand on Ethics
“..it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed. It is the unsacrificed self that we must respect in man above all.”
“When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another — except brute, physical force.”
“There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.”
“No action could be lower or more futile than for one person to throw upon another the burden of his abdication of choice.”
“Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.”
“All that which proceeds from man’s independent ego is good. All that which proceeds from man’s dependence upon men is evil.”
“Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont”
“Sacrifice does not mean the rejection of the worthless, but of the precious”
Others on Ethics
Saint Augustine
8 quotes“If we live good lives the times are also good. As we are such are the times.”
David Hume
7 quotes“The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.”
Dante
6 quotes“The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.”
Thomas Paine
4 quotes“Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions. Expedience and right a...”
Einstein
4 quotes“True human progress is based less on the inventive mind than on the conscience of such men as Brandeis.~ Albert Einstein”
Marcus Aurelius
4 quotes“Will any man despise me? Let him see to it. But I will see to it that I may not be found doing or saying anything that d...”
Pope Benedict XVI
4 quotes“Morality is not man's prison but rather the divine element in him.”
Philip K. Dick
3 quotes“If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what yo...”
Immanuel Kant
3 quotes“...I am never to act otherwise than so that I could also will that my maxim should become universal law.”
Socrates
3 quotes“...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live h...”
Neal Shusterman
3 quotes“But remember that good intentions pave many roads. Not all of them lead to hell.”
Ursula K. LeGuin
3 quotes“You must not change one thing one pebble one grain of sand until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.”