Ayn Rand Emotion Quotations

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.

A rational man knows-or makes it a point to discover-the source of his emotions, the basic premises from which they come.

An emotion is an automatic response, an automatic effect of man's value premises. An effect, not a cause. There is no necessary clash, no dichotomy between man's reason and his emotions

One must differentiate between one's thoughts and one's emotions with full clarity and precision...No discussion, cooperation, agreement, or understanding is possible among men who substitute emotion for proof.

This was the great clarity of being beyond emotion, after the reward of having felt everything one could feel.