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For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality. – Nathaniel Branden

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In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn. – Nathaniel Branden

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The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. – Nathaniel Branden

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Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling. – Nathaniel Branden

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