http://objectivistcenter.org/cs/forums/18/ShowForum.aspxen-USCommunityServer 1.1 (Build: 1.1.0.50615)http://objectivistcenter.org/cs/forums/1524/ShowPost.aspxWed, 03 Jun 2009 20:21:05 GMT8bae48ae-7f40-4eb7-afc3-00dc0485de32:1524slacker000 <font face="arial, helvetica"> <b>"you must not accept any idea or conviction unless you can demonstrate its truth by means of reason."<br /><br />http://www.ellensplace.net/ar_pboy.html<br /><br /><br />This is my favorite quote from Ayn Rand.  I think people tend to hold onto a lot of ideas which are not supported by reason.  Reason is a very difficult task, especially to do so 24/7.  I think it's ok to take a break from reason when relaxing, but this must also be a period when no ideas or concepts are being examined or used.  Perhaps a session of Zen meditation would be a good example of "taking a break from reason".<br /></b> </font>http://objectivistcenter.org/cs/forums/1435/ShowPost.aspxWed, 18 Mar 2009 17:13:42 GMT8bae48ae-7f40-4eb7-afc3-00dc0485de32:1435galtsgulcher0There are so many... just read this one today about the leftist need for approval. <br /> <br />"...they want us to pretend that we see the world as they pretend they see it." <br /> <br />Greghttp://objectivistcenter.org/cs/forums/514/ShowPost.aspxMon, 05 Mar 2007 12:27:21 GMT8bae48ae-7f40-4eb7-afc3-00dc0485de32:514MattJ1 <p>The Sea rolled softly, in sprays of yellow and orange, with a few red jets shooting up on the hillsides, with pools of remnant green in the hollows, under a pure blue sky. Among the colours of a picture postcard, the car's hood looked like the work of a jeweller, with the sun sparkling on its chromium steel and its black enamel reflecting the sky. </p> <p>Dagny leaned against the corner of the side window, her legs stretched forward; she liked the wide, comfortable space of the car's seat and the warmth of the sun on her shoulders. She thought the countryside was beautiful. </p> <p>p 262</p>http://objectivistcenter.org/cs/forums/996/ShowPost.aspxFri, 29 Jun 2007 01:53:41 GMT8bae48ae-7f40-4eb7-afc3-00dc0485de32:996drakar0"You wanted to help me in my most hopeless hour?" Said Rearden. "If I am brought to where my only defender is a pirate, then i don't care to be defended any longer. You speak some remnant of a human language, so in the name of that, I'll tell you that I have no hope left, but I have the knowledge that when the end comes, I will have lived by my own standards, even while I was only one to whom they remained valid. I will have lived in the world in wich I started and I will go down with the last of it. I don't think you'll want to understand me, but-" <br /> <br />page 545http://objectivistcenter.org/cs/forums/63/ShowPost.aspxSat, 31 Dec 2005 11:39:09 GMT8bae48ae-7f40-4eb7-afc3-00dc0485de32:63Luke0One persons ultimate admiration for the virtues and values of another.<br />