We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
AYN RANDJoy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment’s torture.
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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.
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You can ignore reality, but you can’t ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.
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A man’s sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.
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Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked.
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Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one’s emotions.
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To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless.
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I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
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The basic need of the creator is independence.
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If one’s actions are honest, one does not need the predated confidence of others.
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Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.
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Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think that you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
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Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life.
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Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
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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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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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