“When men think and believe in one set of symbols and act in ways which are contrary to their professed and conscious ideas, confusion and insincerity are bound to result.” ThinkingMenWayBelieveIdeasResultsConsciousBoundsContraryConfusionSymbolsHypocrisyInsincerity Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1927-1928 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1927-1928
“Thanksgiving is a typically American holiday. In spite of its religious form (giving thanks to God for a good harvest), its essential, secular meaning is a celebration of successful production. It is a producers’ holiday. The lavish meal is a symbol of the fact that abundant consumption is the result and reward of production. Abundance is (or was and ought to be) America’s pride-just as it is the pride of American parents that their children need never know starvation.” KnowsNeedsGivingChildrenFactsAmericaFormParentReligiousResultsSuccessfulPrideOughtEssentialsRewardsProductionsProducersThanksSymbolsMealsAbundanceSpiteHolidayCelebrationConsumptionSecularHarvestStarvation Author:Ayn Rand
“When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.” WayMayDoneResultsMassCriticalSymbolsManipulationImperativesThings Done Author:John Grierson
“Secondly, figures, the symbols of numerical magnitude, are frequently also the symbols of operations, as when they are the indices of powers. Wherever terms have a shifting meaning, independent sets of considerations are liable to become complicated together, and reasoning and results are frequently falsified.” TogetherTermResultsFiguresIndependentComplicatedSymbolsOperationsReasoningConsiderationShiftingMagnitudeLiable Author:Ada Lovelace