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Courage and confidence are practical necessities . . . courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one’s own consciousness.

Ayn Rand
Consciousness, Form, Existence
Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.127, Penguin
Courage and confidence are practical necessities . . . courage is the practical form of being true to existence, of being true to truth, and confidence is the practical form of being true to one’s own consciousness.