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Doing more of what doesn't work doesn't work.

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Nathaniel Branden
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 9
Died: 2014
Died: December 3
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Non-Fiction Writer
Psychologist
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... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little to discourage this trend.... Rand had often protested, 'Protect me from my followers!'
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A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.
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Out of fear, out of the desire for approval, out of the misguided notions of duty, people surrender themselves-their convictions and their aspirations-every day. There is nothing noble about it. It takes far more courage to fight for your values than to relinquish them.
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The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons.
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The ultimate test of our integrity is not how we deal with those whom we agree but how we deal with those who we do not agree.
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Most of the time, I regard the judgment of people as a waste of time. I regard the judgment of behavior as imperative.
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If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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For I to become we and yet remain I, is one of the great challenges of marriage.
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Set goals that don't feel all that easy, that challenge you, stimulate you, and give you a chance to stretch and push yourself. That is where the power of growth lies.
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Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.
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Be careful what you say to your children. They may agree with you.
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No one is coming to save you.
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Integrity is congruence between what you know, what you profess, and what you do.
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We tend to feel most comfortable, most at home, with people whose self esteem level resembles our own.
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There is only one reality - the reality knowable to reason. And if man does not choose to perceive it, there is nothing else for him to perceive if it is not of this world that he is conscious, then he is not conscious at all
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When we bury our feelings, we also bury ourselves. It means we exist in a state of alienation. We rarely know it, but we are lonely for ourselves.
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Sometimes pain is easier to bear alone than happiness.
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