For the word "We" must never be spoken, save by one's choice and as a second thought. This word must never be placed first within man's soul, else it becomes a monster, the root of all the evils on earth, the root of man's torture by men, and of an unspeakable lie.
The word "We" is as lime poured over men, which sets and hardens to stone, and crushes all beneath it, and that which is white and that which is black are lost equally in the grey of it. It is the word by which the depraved steal the virtue of the good, by which the weak steal the might of the strong, by which the fools steal the wisdom of the sages.
Stichwörter: pride individual
I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.
I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command not obey.
Stichwörter: friendship love pride individual
It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgement of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect.
Ayn RandStichwörter: freedom pride individual
For our face and body were beautiful. Our face was not like the faces of our brothers, for we felt not pity when looking upon it. Our body was not like the bodies of our brothers, for our limbs were straigth and thin and hard and strong. And we thought that we could trust this being who looked upon us from the stream, and that we had nothing to fear with this being.
Ayn RandStichwörter: freedom beauty pride individual
The Council of Scholars has said that we all know the things which exist and therefore the things which are not known by all do not exist.
Ayn RandStichwörter: delusion individual scientific-realism
I am done with the monster of "We," the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame.
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came into being, this god who will grant them joy and peace and pride.
This god, this one word:
"I.
Stichwörter: freedom god pride individual
The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.
B.R. AmbedkarStichwörter: religion individual spiritual-development
The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
T.S. EliotStichwörter: talent art poetry individual tradition essay
'I know of no other religion (Christianity) on earth where'... there is a God who even has love for the individual (A former Hindu)."
~R. Alan Woods [2013]
"I know of no other religion (Christianity) on earth where God has such an intense love for the individual." ~A former Hindu
Stichwörter: individual agape-love r-alan-woods personal-god
Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual people journeying into the unknown and returning with ideas.
Dan HarmonStichwörter: society journey health ideas community ego individual unknown journeys longevity unconscious return descent journeying
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