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"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth"
wrensis
This is a quote from Alan Watts, a philosopher, and the author of several of my must have on hand books. Most books I read and pass along, My favorite Alan Watts book is "The... More »
What's your number one goal for today?
Arin
Continue reading "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
What recent book or film have you been affected by?
Jim
I have just read The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand. It advocates some pretty radical ideas, very libertarian, I think. I don't agree with all the ideas in the book, but I do agree with Ms.... More »
What recent book or film have you been affected by?
faithful
I am currently reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It is a very good book. It has totally changed my way of thinking about the world and especially people in it. So many individuals refuse... More »
The Only Goal That Matters
Rev. Travis Eneix
"To say 'I love you' one must know first how to say the 'I'." ~ Ayn Rand, 20th century philosopher from The Fountainhead Everything we do in life is built upon one foundation. Every thought,... More »
Creating One-Ness/Solutions
JM
When you are in the midst of contradictions, check your premises. - Ayn Rand Duality is the realm of conflicts, problems, contradictions and paradoxes. The idea is to hold on to the contradictions, the dual (day... More »
Amidst Spring and Recession, we're all Neural Buddhists now
Charles
We're almost halfway through 2008's Spring, and it's been a wet one here in Washington, DC, the center of the Piscean Vortex (read Novak's tell-all about sordid power politics). Not as wet as in Myanmar... More »
What would you choose to make a film about?
diana nicholson
A film set in the future, showing what kind of world it would be if we already accomplished all these goals About the Millennium Development Goals If we could see what our world would look like, maybe,... More »
The World of Free Energy
free energy
Peter Lindemann, D. Sc. Dr. Peter Lindemann became interested in free energy in 1973, when he was introduced to the work of Edwin Gray. By 1981, he had developed his own free energy systems... More »
Passion Pays Off In Ways You Can Not Expect
StrengthForLife
For the last 40 years of my life I’ve been working on my Magnum opus —the book that would hold my entire body of fitness, nutrition and motivational wisdom. For the better part of the... More »
[He] stood motionless, not turning to the crowd, barely hearing the applause. He stood looking at the judges. There was no triumph in his face, no elation, only the still intensity of contemplating a vision with a bitter wonder that was almost fear. He was seeing the enormity of the smallness of the enemy who was destroying the devastation, past the ruins of great factories, the wrecks of powerful engines, the bodies of invincible men, he had come upon the despoiler, expecting to find a giant - and had found a rat eager to scurry for cover at the first sound of a human step. If this is what has beaten us, he thought, the guilt is ours.
I am rich and proud of every penny I own. I made my money by my own effort, in free exchange and through the voluntary consent of every man I dealt with - the voluntary consent of those who employed me when I started, the voluntary consent of those who work for me now, the voluntary consent of those who buy my product. I shall answer all the questions you are afraid to ask me openly. Do I wish to pay my workers more than their services are worth to me? I do not. Do I wish to sell my product for less than my customers are willing to pay me? I do not. Do I wish to sell it at a loss or give it away? I do not. If this is evil, do whatever you please about me, according to whatever standards you hold. These are mine. I am earning my own living, as every honest man must. I refuse to accept as guilt the fact of my own existence and the fact that I must work in order to support it. I refuse to accept as guilt the fact that I am able to do it and do it well. I refuse to accept as guilt the fact that I am able to do it better than most people - the fact that my work is of greater value than the work of my neighbours and that more men are willing to pay me. I refuse to apologize for my ability - I refuse to apologize for my success - I refuse to apologize for my money.
Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am not a sacrifice on their altars.
Since a rational man's ambition is unlimited, since his pursuit and achievement of values is a lifelong process - and the higher the values, the harder the struggle - he needs a moment, an hour or some period of time in which he can experience the sense of his completed task, the sense of living in a universe where his values have been successfully achieved. It is like a moment of rest, a moment to gain fuel to move farther.
Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
It is not as late as you think. It is merely early - in the age of the rebirth of individualism.
I am speaking to those among you who have retained some sovereign shred of their soul, unsold and unstamped: '- to the order of others'. If, in the chaos of the motives that have made you listen to the radio tonight, there was an honest, rational desire to learn what is wrong with the world, you are the man whom I wished to address. By the rules and terms of my code, one owes a rational statement to those whom it does concern and who are making an effort to know. Those who are making an effort to fail to understand me, are not a concern of mine.
The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves.
When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.
Objectivism
This POD is a discussion on the truths and/or falsehood of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand. Anyone who is slightly interested in Ayn Rand's philosophy, books and playwrites should join NOW!!!
Welcome to Xango!!
Hello, I want to get this out to the masses....its pro health, its positive, its changing lives....please read and ask questions....lets do this together!! Just want to start off by saying that in my Vegetarian... More »
