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The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

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And that is why I consider promiscuity immoral. Not because sex is evil, but because sex is too good and too important... What sex should involve is a...more

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To say ‘I love you’ one must first know how to say the ‘I.’ The meaning of the ‘I’ is an independent, self-sufficient entity that does not exist for t...more

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I consider marriage a very important institution, but it is important when and if two people have found the person with whom they wish to spend the re...more

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Haven't I? - he thought. Haven't I thought of it since the first time I saw you? Haven't I thought of nothing else for two years? ...He sat motionless...more

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There is only one path to heaven. On Earth we call it Love.

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Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.

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Those who grant sympathy to guilt, grant none to innocence.

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Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to s...more

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We knew not where we were going. We only knew that we must run, run to the end of the world, run to the end of our days.

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Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

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I want you, Hank. I'm much more of an animal than you think. I wanted you from the first moment I saw you - and the only thing I'm ashamed of is that ...more

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When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another — except brute, physical force.

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Love should be treated like a business deal, but every business deal has its own terms and its own currency. And in love, the currency is virtue. You ...more

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Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He wants them to surren...more