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“This is John Galt speaking”
Abeingwhodoesnotholdhisownlifeasthemotiveandgoalofhisactions,isactingonthemotiveandstandardofdeath.Suchabeingisametaphysicalmonstrosity,strugglingtooppose,negateandcontradictthefactofhisownexistence,runningblindlyamuckonatrailofdestruction,capableofnothingbutpain.
"Happinessisthesuccessfulstateoflife,painisanagentofdeath.
Happinessisthatstateofconsciousnesswhichproceedsfromtheachievementofone’svalues.Amoralitythatdarestotellyoutofindhappinessintherenunciationofyourhappiness—tovaluethefailureofyourvalues—isaninsolentnegationofmorality.Adoctrinethatgivesyou,asanideal,theroleofasacrificialanimalseekingslaughteronthealtarsofothers,isgivingyoudeathasyourstandard.Bythegraceofrealityandthenatureoflife,man—everyman—isanendinhimself,heexistsforhisownsake,andtheachievementofhisownhappinessishishighestmoralpurpose.
"Butneitherlifenorhappinesscanbeachievedbythepursuitofirrationalwhims.Justasmanisfreetoattempttosurviveinanyrandommanner,butwillperishunlesshelivesashisnaturerequires,soheisfreetoseekhishappinessinanymindlessfraud,butthetortureoffrustrationisallhewillfind,unlessheseeksthehappinesspropertoman.Thepurposeofmoralityistoteachyou,nottosufferanddie,buttoenjoyyourselfandlive.
