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“As man is a being of self-made wealth, so he is a being of self-made soul.”
― Ayn Rand

“For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W.”
― Bill W.

“Principles make it simple.”
― Leonard Peikoff

“Anyone who wishes to be understood had better be sure he has made himself intelligible.”
― Ayn Rand

“What I believed in the Sixties: Everything. You name it.
What I believe now: Nothing. Well, nothing much. Like, things that can be proven by reason and by experiment, and believe you me I want to see the logic and the lab equipment.”
― P. J. O'Rourke

“No, everything will not be all right if we just talk it over, face facts, use our noodles.”
― P. J. O'Rourke

“The sternest commissar and the wildest hippie both share the same daydream: that a thing can be worth other than people are willing to give for it.”
― P. J. O'Rourke

“No one has ever had a fantasy about being tied to a bed and sexually ravished by someone dressed as a liberal”
― P.J. O'Rourke, Give War a Chance: Eyewitness Accounts of Mankind's Struggle Against Tyranny, Injustice, and Alcohol-Free Beer

“Blessed are they who believe in what is best for them, for never shall their minds be terrorized.”
― Anton La Vey

“As far as the functioning of your mind is concerned, it doesn't matter what you feel. It doesn't matter to anyone else, and it matters least of all to yourself.”
― Barbara Branden

“To begin this Practice is easy. To persevere is difficult.”
― Nichiren

“Buddhism is reason. Reason will win over your lord.”
― Nichiren Daishonin

“There is never any valid reason for not being in full mental focus.”
― Barbara Branden

“A coward cannot have any prayer answered.”
― Nichiren Daishonin

“For the first time in his life, he was receiving the priceless gift of a woman's unconditional love and acceptance. It contradicted all that he knew about love, all that he had taught others. And he found himself needing it like a drowning man needs air to breathe and solid ground under his feet.”
― Barbara Branden

“All this time it had been quite plain to Hare that the others knew nothing about Spectacles.”
― Jethro Tull

“There was a time when love was the law.
There was a time for the tooth and the claw,
Last rites given, no holds barred.
Heaven express on my credit card.”
― Jethro Tull

“Well, maybe he was Jesus but his hair could have used a comb.”
― Jethro Tull

“courage and confidence are practical necessities, that courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one's own consciousness.”
― Ayn Rand

“Thrice cursed are the weak whose insecurity makes them vile, for they shall serve and suffer.”
― Anton La Vey

“We got over feminism, too. At least women did, as soon as they were hired for those high-prestige jobs that only men used to have. It turns out that work sucks.”
― P.J. O'Rourke

“What is the best use of my time right now?”
― Alan Lakein

“A moral person is one who constantly exercises, and acts on, his best rational judgment.”
― Barbara Branden

“Doubt gets a bad rap. Doubting doesn't mean you've stopped believing, but that you've started thinking. Sheep doubt nothing. Chances are you'll get further in life by questioning things than by living like something that ends up as dinner and a sweater.”
― Amy Alkon, I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners Into Impolite Society

“Liberal" is one of those fine English words, like "lady" "gay" or "welfare" that have been spoiled by special pleading. So by "liberal I certainly don't mean tolerant or open-handed people or even big-government Democrats. I mean anyone who is excited that 1% of Ben and Jerry's profits go to promote world peace.”
― P.J.O'Rourke

“There are things a man can do to make himself more articulate, and having sex is not one of them.”
― Amy Alkon

“Do not go about complaining how hard it is to live in this world. such behavior is entirely unworthy of a real man.”
― Nichiren Daishonin