I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large h
I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in th
My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself.
I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the thi
I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom.
It's tempting to ask why if you fed your neighbors during the time of the e
It's tempting to ask why if you fed your neighbors during the time of the earthquake and fire, you didn't do so before or after.
Today. the celebration is for the "victorious", not the meritorious. The de
Today. the celebration is for the "victorious", not the meritorious. The depiction to the youth, is that one can be victorious without merit, and that merit is less notable than victory. The result, is the masses are selectively and passively affirming th
You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous,
You know, Emily was a selfish old woman in her way. She was very generous, but she always wanted a return. She never let people forget what she had done for them - and, that way she missed love.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in mora
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness... & ... Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so pain
Service is the rent we pay for the life we have been given.
Service is the rent we pay for the life we have been given.
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit o
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." &“These capitalists generally ac
If humans are indeed products of a design, is it not wise to make humans se
If humans are indeed products of a design, is it not wise to make humans selfish? A selfish person safeguards what’s important to him and never exchanges it to one with a lesser value. If the salvation of his soul is the most important to him, he will do
She [Ayn Rand] had to declare that....altruism was despicable, that only se
She [Ayn Rand] had to declare that....altruism was despicable, that only self-interest is good and noble. (About Ayn Rand)
Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge
Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.
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