It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to…

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People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have...

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to...

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

From the smallest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper,...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to...

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live...

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly...

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background,...

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background,...

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government...

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government...

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its...

The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or...

The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or...

So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and...

So many people say that obviously my game has changed since I arrived here and...