Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
AYN RANDA society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
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Identify the dominant philosophy of a society and you can predict its future.
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Don’t ever give up what you want in life. The struggle is worth it.
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Men who reject the responsibility of thought and reason can only exist as parasites on the thinking of others.
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Don’t ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.
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A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.
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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
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I love you so much that nothing can matter to me, not even you, only my love, not your answer, not even your indifference
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Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
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She knew that even pain can be confessed, but to confess happiness is to stand naked, delivered to the witness.
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I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to be given up to a lesser standard, no matter how long or hard the struggle.
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As we gain knowledge, we do not become more certain, we become certain of more.
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The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.
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Do not help your jailers to pretend that their jail is your natural state of existence.
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