I was once told by a family member that I was selfish because I did not agree to come to a wedding of a person who was not actually family. The wedding was four hours away, and I was not close to her. Plus, I had other duties. Anyway, I found Ayn Rand's book helpful!
If you have ever been called selfish or you thought others were being selfish, read this book. I read it many years ago. Ayn Rand turns conventional wisdom on its head!
“To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self-esteem, is capable of love—because he is the only man capable of holding firm, consistent, uncompromising, unbetrayed values. The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
― The Virtue of Selfishness
― The Virtue of Selfishness
“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
― Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness
Ayn Rand was a Russian-Jewish immigrant to the USA. Her family was from St. Petersburg. She was really steely, like my grandmother (Dorothy Grace) was. I respect them both!
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