At some point, even the greatest misery begins to fade. Life, or what passes for life, plods on in it's own unending weary footsteps, and somehow we plod along with it, if we stay lucky.
Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking__hat the mind is one__ only judge of values and one__ only guide of action__hat reason is an absolute that permits no compromise__hat a concession to the irrational invalidates one__ consciousness and turns it from the task of perceiving to the task of faking reality__hat the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind__hat the acceptance of a mystical invention is a wish for the annihilation of existence and, properly, annihilates one__ consciousness.
Atlas Shrugged
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Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking__hat the mind is one__ only judge of values and one__ only guide of action__hat reason is an absolute that permits no compromise__hat a concession to the irrational invalidates one__ consciousness and turns it from the task of perceiving to the task of faking reality__hat the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind__hat the acceptance of a mystical invention is a wish for the annihilation of existence and, properly, annihilates one__ consciousness.
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