“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Original: In qualsiasi tipo di relazione, tutto ciò che non alimenta il cuore annienta il suo valore.
Source: prevale.net
“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) English metaphysical poet and politician
The Garden (1650-1652)
Context: Meanwhile the mind from pleasure less
Withdraws into its happiness;
The mind, that ocean where each kind
Does straight its own resemblance find;
Yet it creates, transcending these,
Far other worlds, and other seas;
Annihilating all that's made
To a green thought in a green shade.
“Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself.”
Steven Erikson book House of Chains
House of Chains (2002)
Context: "There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself."
"With words."
Dick Cheney (1941) American politician and businessman
Remarks on same same-sex marriage Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29862-2004Aug24.html (25 August 2004) <br class="br">2000s, 2004
“Value your friendship. Value your relationships.”
Barbara Bush (1925–2018) former First Lady of the United States
Vladimir Putin (1952) President of Russia, former Prime Minister
Kremlin RU http://web.archive.org/web/20061013001158/http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2006/06/27/2040_type82912type82913type82914_107818.shtml (27 June 2006) <br class="br">2006- 2010
Herbert Schiller (1919–2000) American media critic
Source: Living In The Number One Country (2000), Chapter Five, Corporatizing Communication And Culture, p. 132
“Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it.”
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly
Source: Justice and Fraternity (1848), p. 312
Context: Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it. The law can indeed force men to remain just; in vain would it try to force them to be self-sacrificing.