"To say 'I love you' one must first know how to say the 'I.' The meaning of the 'I' is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person."
Ayn Rand
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"To say 'I love you' one must first know how to say the 'I.' The meaning of the 'I' is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for the sake of any other person."
Ayn Rand
I don't much love Ayn Rand but a true quote is a true quote and those words are wise, indeed.
Many have deep ideological disagreements with her and for good reasons, but the smear campaigns by both left and right wing intellectuals have been more efficient than most people today understand.
Almost anything she said at any point in time or in any context is claimed to be a core position in her philosophy, which it most of the time isn't even in those cases when it isn't just a flat out lie to justify dismissing her.
I have my own disagreements with her of course, but the worst things you're bound to hear about her have very little to do with reality or have been fanatically warped by political/religious opponents wishing to brand her a "fascist", "racist", "narcisist" or "sexist", etc.