"Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself"
- Ayn Rand
About this Quote
This quote by Ayn Rand speaks to the distinct power of people to shape their environment. Animals are restricted to adapting to their environment, but people have the capability to form their environment to fit their requirements. This is an effective tool that people have, and it is one of the reasons why people have had the ability to survive and flourish in a variety of various environments. Humans have the power to produce tools, develop structures, and establish technology that can assist them to make it through and grow in any environment. This quote is a reminder of the power of human beings to form their environment and to use their imagination and ingenuity to survive and grow.
This quote is written / told by Ayn Rand between February 2, 1905 and March 6, 1982. She was a famous Writer from Russia.
The author also have 46 other quotes.
"Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never told anyone how I was being treated. Children tell little more than animals, for what comes to them they accept as eternally established"
"Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil. The capacity for feelings of pleasure and pain and for the form of life of which animals are capable clearly impose duties of compassion and humanity in their case"
"Independence is all very well, but we animals never allow our friends to make fools of themselves beyond a certain limit; and that limit you've reached"
