Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same mot…

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Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own existence--and every achievement is an expression of it. ✨ Ayn Rand (2011). Ayn Rand Novel Collection, p.1891, Penguin
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