Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

He also authored the CliffsNotes for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged The Fountainhead and Anthem and has contributed essays to volumes such as Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem and Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living. Andrew Bernstein (born 1949) is a proponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism an author and a professor of philosophy.

He also authored the CliffsNotes for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged The Fountainhead and Anthem and has contributed essays to volumes such as Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem and Essays on Ayn Rand's We the Living. Andrew Bernstein (born 1949) is a proponent of Ayn Rand's Objectivism an author and a professor of philosophy. Bernstein has lectured at Harvard University Duke University Yale University Stanford University the United States Military Academy Founders College the University of Southern California and elsewhere.