“Psychologically, the choice "to think or not" is the choice "to focus or not." Existentially, the choice "to focus or not" is the choice "to be conscious or not." Metaphysically, the choice "to be conscious or not" is the choice of life or death.”

—  Ayn Rand

Source: The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism

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