

“Remember that rights are moral principles which define and protect a man's freedom of action, but impose no obligations on other men.”
― The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
― The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or not you're in the right frame of mind or in the right stage of your life or if you're even looking for them [that determines] whether or not you see them. [...] As you take more risks you see opportunities more easily.
[Risks are] never the safe option, but for me the safe option is the worst option. [...] The riskiest life I can think of is letting yourself to be molded into this comfortable, same-as-everybody-else routine. For me, that is risking my whole life.”
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[Risks are] never the safe option, but for me the safe option is the worst option. [...] The riskiest life I can think of is letting yourself to be molded into this comfortable, same-as-everybody-else routine. For me, that is risking my whole life.”
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“Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World

“There can be no justification for choosing any part of that which one knows to be evil.”
― The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
― The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

“I like being myself. Myself and nasty.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
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