US (Russian-born) novelist (1905 - 1982)

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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able to reach. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
Happiness is possible only to a rational man, the man who desires nothing but rational goals, seeks nothing but rational values and finds his joy in nothing buy rational actions.
He was guilty of nothing, except that he earned his own fortune and never forgot that it was his.
Honesty is the recognition of the fact that the unreal is unreal and can have no value, that neither love nor fame nor cash is a value if obtained by fraud.
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it.
Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.
Love is our response to our highest values. Love is self-enjoyment. The noblest love is born out of admiration of another's values.
Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be earned.

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