People do not cooperate under the division of labor because they love or should love one another. They cooperate because this best serves their own interests. Neither love nor charity nor any other sympathetic sentiments but rightly understood selfishness is what originally impelled man to adjust himself to the requirements of society, to respect the rights and freedoms of his fellow men and to substitute peaceful collaboration for enmity and conflict.
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The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.
The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?
When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good.
In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely read more
Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he is only completely a man when he plays.
If there is no struggle there is no progress.
If there is no struggle there is no progress.
Without speculation there is no good and original observation.
Without speculation there is no good and original observation.
