Life
"There is only one fundamental alternative in the universe: existence or non-existence - and it pertains to a single class of entities: to living organisms. the existence of inanimate matter is unconditional, the existence of life is not: it depends on a specific course of action. Matter is indestructible, it changes its forms, but it cannot cease to exist. It is only a living organism that faces a constant alternative: the issue of life or death. Life is a process of self-sustaining and self-generated action. If an organism fails in that action, it dies; its chemical elements remain, but its life goes out of existence. It is only the concept of "Life" that makes the concept of "Value" possible. It is only to a living entity that things can be good or evil.
If a fundamental sense, stillness is the antithesis of life. Life can be kept in existence only by a constant process of self-sustaining action. the goal of that action, the ultimate value which, to be kept, must be gained through its every moment, is the organism's life."
~ Found at Ayn Rand Lexicon - Life
- I am not a slave, nor a sacrificial animal
I am a Human Being
