You call that freedom? To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

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"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver. It will give you the means for the satisfaction of your desires, but it will not provide you with desires."

- Ayn Rand

Awareness

"There is no affirmation without the one who affirms. In this sense, everything to which you grant your love is yours."

- Ayn Rand

Belief

"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one’s values."

- Ayn Rand

Happiness

"Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values."

- Ayn Rand

Happiness

"Do not keep silent when your own ideas and values are being attacked. If a dictatorship ever comes to this country, it will be by the fault of those who keep silent. We are still free enough to speak. Do we have time? No one can tell."

- Ayn Rand

Courage

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"I don’t want to conquer anything. I just think that the guy with the most freedom in this ocean is the Pirate King!"

- Monkey D. Luffy

Independence

"Stand alone like a lion and live your life according to your own light."

- Osho

Independence

"It's better to be a lonely lion than a popular sheep."

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"Let your spirit dart and weave, free as a dragonfly"

Independence

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go."

- Dr. Seuss

Independence