“A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“It's not finding yourself that's hard; it's facing yourself that is.”
― Nothing You Don't Already Know
― Nothing You Don't Already Know
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Nothing You Don't Already Know
― Nothing You Don't Already Know
“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.
We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma that the pursuit of one's happiness is evil. We are on strike against the doctrine that life is guilt.”
― Atlas Shrugged
We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma that the pursuit of one's happiness is evil. We are on strike against the doctrine that life is guilt.”
― Atlas Shrugged
“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”
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