Those who tell you that man is unable to perceive a reality undistorte…

Ayn Rand
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Those who tell you that man is unable to perceive a reality undistorted by his senses, mean that they are unwilling to perceive a reality undistorted by their feelings. Things as they are are things as perceived by your mind; divorce them from reason and they become things as perceived by your wishes. ✨ Ayn Rand (2016). Atlas Shrugged, p.791, Hamilton Books
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