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*The man who loves his
life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will
keep it for eternal life.
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-John 12:25
NIV
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If we do not believe in ourselves- neither
in our efficacy nor in our goodness- the universe is a frightening
place.
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-Nathaniel Branden
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He [Benjamin Disraeli] is a self-made man,
and worships his creator.
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-John Bright
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A competent and self-confident person is
incapable of jealously in anything. Jealously is invariably a symptom
of neurotic insecurity.
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-Robert Heinlein
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~The less justified a man
is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim
all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.
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-Eric Hoffer
The True Believer, 1951
Section 9
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It is not love of self but hatred of self
which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.
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-Eric Hoffer
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The uncompromising attitude is more
indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The
implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the
assailant without.
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-Eric Hoffer
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Democracy could have happened only in a
place in which people had confidence in their own independent judgments
and therefore demanded the right to control their own destinies.
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-Peter Hall
Cities of Civilization
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When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we
do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to
death-ourselves.
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-Eda LeShan
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The noble soul has reverence for itself.
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-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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*[Y]ou say. . ."Can you
indict such a considerably number of the human race, including some of
the greatest minds the human race has exhibited, without certain
implications as to the human race itself?" Why, yes, I certainly can.
It is possible that the entire human race, with the exception of me,
might become collectivist---and I will then damn the whole bunch of them,
without damning man as such.
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-Ayn Rand
Private correspondence to Isabel Paterson (author of
The God of the Machine, and a
friend), May 8, 1948
Letters of Ayn Rand, 1995
Chapter 5, "Letters to Isabel Paterson"
Michael S. Berliner, ed.
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*A truly selfish man
cannot be affected by the approval of others. He doesn't need it.
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-Howard Roark, the hero in Ayn Rand's
The Fountainhead, 1943
Part Four : Howard Roark, Ch. 11
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*[A] quest for self-
respect is proof of its lack.
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-Gail Wynand, a hero in Ayn Rand's
The Fountainhead, 1943
Part Three : Gail Wynand, Ch. 3
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*She came to admire him
so much that his love for her affected her own self-esteem: She liked
herself better because of him.
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-Carl Sagan
Contact, 1985
Part I : The Message, Ch. 9, "The Numinous"
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Would that there were an award for people
who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful
enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When
you have self-respect, you have enough, and when you have enough, you have
self-respect.
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-Gail Sheehy
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Let your soul stand cool and composed before
a million universes.
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-Walt Whitman
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