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There is no greater self-delusion than to imagine that one can render unto reason that which is reasonâ€™s and unto faith that which is faithâ€™s. Faith cannot be circumscribed or deÂlimited; to surrender oneâ€™s consciousness by an inch, is to surrender oneâ€™s consciousness in total. Either reason is an absolute to a mind or it is notâ€”and if it is not, there is no place to draw the line, no principle by which to draw it, no barrier faith cannot cross, no part of oneâ€™s life faith cannot invade: one remains rational until and unless oneâ€™s feelings decree otherwise. Nathaniel Branden: Mental Health vs. Mysticism and Self Sacrifice		3
What of the child who withdraws in terror into an autistic universe because he cannot cope with the ravings of parents who tell him that he is guilty by nature, that his body is evil, that thinking is sinful, that question-asking is blaspheÂmous, that doubting is depravity, and that he must obey the orders of a supernatural ghost because, if he doesnâ€™t, he will burn forever in hell? Ayn Rand: The Virtue of Selfishness		3
To practice the â€œvirtueâ€ of faith, one must be willing to suspend oneâ€™s sight and oneâ€™s judgment; one must be willing to live with the unintelligible, with that which cannot be conceptualized or integrated into the rest of oneâ€™s knowlÂedge, and to induce a trancelike illusion of understanding. Nathaniel Branden: Mental Health vs. Mysticism and Self Sacrifice		1