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“Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills a function in the life of the social organism. He sets an example of luxury that awakens in the multitude a consciousness of new needs and gives industry the incentive to fulfill them.”
― Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
― Liberalism: The Classical Tradition
“I'm a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”
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“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
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“To save the world is the
simplest thing in the world.
All one has to do is think.”
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simplest thing in the world.
All one has to do is think.”
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“An individual can be hurt in countless ways by other men's irrationality, dishonesty, injustice. Above all, he can be disappointed, perhaps grievously, by the vices of a person he had once trusted or loved. But as long as his property is not expropriated and he remains unmolested physically, the damage he sustains is essentially spiritual, not physical; in such a case, the victim alone has the power and the responsibility of healing his wounds. He remains free: free to think, to learn from his experiences, to look elsewhere for human relationships; he remains free to start afresh and to pursue his happiness.”
― Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
― Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
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