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A productive purpose to which you give yourself fully and joyfully is one of the great adventures of life. It is a uniquely human source of happiness.
Nathaniel Branden
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Nathaniel Branden
Age: 84 †
Born: 1930
Born: April 9
Died: 2014
Died: December 3
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The policy of seeking values from human beings by means of force, when practiced by an individual, is called crime. When practiced by a government, it is called statism.
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The world belongs to those who persevere.
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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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Anyone who really loves you wants you to be authentic. And anyone who doesn't want you to be authentic doesn't really love you.
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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
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The stability we cannot find in the world, we must create within our own persons.
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If my aim is to prove I am 'enough,' the project goes on to infinity-because the battle was already lost on the day I conceded the issue was debatable.
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Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.
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The greater a child’s terror, and the earlier it is experienced, the harder it becomes to develop a strong and healthy sense of self.
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Fear and pain should be treated as signals not to close our eyes but to open them wider.
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