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- For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for…
- ... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little…
- It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so…
- Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial…
- Most of us are taught from an early age to pay far more attention to signals coming from other people than from within. We are…
- The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government,…
- Even when our life is most difficult, it is important to remember that something within us is keeping us alive- the life force-that lift us,…
- Some people have a view of self and of the universe that obliges them to struggle for happiness, to yearn for happiness-"some time in the…
- It is impressive to see a person who has been battered by life in many ways, who is torn by a variety of unsolved problems,…
- It is generally recognized that creativity requires leisure, an absence of rush, time for the mind and imagination to float and wander and roam, time…
- Innovators and creators are persons who can to a higher degree than average accept the condition of aloneness. They are more willing to follow their…
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