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The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality–it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see." -Richard

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...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how t…

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Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed.

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Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.

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Love is a passion for life shared with another person. You fall in love with a person who you think is wonderful. It's your deepest appreciation of t…

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Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent.

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We reap a reward merely in the act of helping others. We never know how, or if, that reward will come back to us. Helping is the reward; none other i…

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Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

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...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the…

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To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. Our tiny sliver of time is our gift of life. It is our only life. The u…

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