"I went there after I left London. You know I dropped medicine and took up physics? No; well, I did. Light fascinated me."
"Ah!"
"Optical density! The whole subject is a network of riddles- a network with solutions glimmering elusively through. And being but two-and-twenty and full of enthusiasm, I said 'I will
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What is the moral of this story? The elite are interested only in getting their hands on money and property, which they can do only if they first get their hands on political power. They see an opportunity, and the citizen ceases even to be noticed. You can burn citizens if they get in the way. You can dump them in a slum "hotel" if they fail to die, and they can die there. There is a moral vacuum at the heart of the present political system in Russia.
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Though Japanese culture has, at least since the injection of Chinese culture, been intensely male-oriented, Japanese myths contain a number of instances of female heroes.
What is common to all these myths is their tragic overtones: In almost all cases, the woman ends up either being killed or being made the property of an eventual victor.
Dharma (yani saflık)
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. By this truth, all appearances are empty. Defilement and attachment, subject and object don't exist. The sutras say, "The Dharma includes no being because it's free from the impurity of being, and the Dharma includes no self because it's free from the impurity of self." Those wise enough to believe and understand this truth are bound to practice according to the Dharma. And since that which is real includes nothing worth begrudging, they give their body, life, and property in charity, without regret, without the vanity of giver, gift, or recipient, and without bias or attachment. And to eliminate impurity they teach others, but without becoming attached to form. Thus, through their own practice they're able to help others and glorify the Way of Enlightenment. And as with charity, they also practice the other virtues. But while practicing the six virtues to eliminate delusion, they practice nothing at all. This is what's meant by practicing the Dharma.
As long as self-interest is seen as amoral or immoral, arguing the practicality of the profit motive and property rights will have limited success. One’s opponents may come to agree that free markets are efficient, but they will still be willing to sacrifice individual liberties and profits—those are merely self-interested considerations, after all—in the name of higher, moral considerations.
What is needed, then, is a defense of individualism, self-interest, on moral grounds. Until we have such a defense, calls for self-sacrifice—either voluntary or enforced politically—will be the norm in business ethics and in regulatory policy.
Sayfa 566
The market distributes income according to factor contribution and market demand for what the factor produces. Rand feels this is appropriate. She saw those who sought to redistribute income as either “moochers” (those who claimed the income of others by denying any moral justification for higher incomes and demanding a share of others’ income as a “right”) or as “looters” (those who use the coercive power of the government to take the property of others in the name of “public welfare”). As demonstrated in the book, redistributive coercion emanates from two sources: government action through taxation or regulation, and religious traditions that employ “guilt” to achieve the same end result.
Sayfa 220
Housekeeping at the most elementary level requires that you update - or create - salary guidelines, board meeting minutes, job descriptions. In fact, even the smallest company needs a policy and procedures manual for employees, covering hours, vacations, health insurance, retirement plans and record keeping procedures. An organizational chart,
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The market - not you - will determine how much you will ultimately get for your company. The fair market value is what your company, or any commodity, can bring in open exchange between a buyer and a seller in an uncontrolled market environment. You should bring in professionals to perform valuations so you have at least a ball-park estimate of
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II
7. What was the last $5 million deal you did? (…) You're asking your banker, in effect, to demonstrate his comfort level and skills at maneuvering both of you through the multi-million-dollar lending process.
8. Can your institution take me to the next level of my Quantum Leap? How much are their assets? Once again, as a rule of thumb, banks
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"Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It is not necessary that you should keep your property, or even your life, but it is necessary that you should hold fast your integrity."
-W. E. Channing
"Her ne ıstırap çekersen çek, doğruyu söyle. Ne yapılması gerektiğine göre doğru olanı düşün. Malına, hatta canına sahip çıkman şart değil, ancak namusunu sımsıkı tutman gerekir."