The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor. - Eric Hoffer
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The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor.
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Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer (25 July 1902 – 21 May 1983) was an American writer on social and political philosophy. His first book, The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements (1951) is widely recognized as a classic on mass-movements and the psychological roots of fanaticism. Despite rising to fame with the success and popularity of his writings, he continued to work as a longshoreman until retiring at age 65.
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The most important point is — and remains — not to take oneself seriously. There is no past, and, certainly, no future. There are but a few years — ten at the most. You pass your days as best you can, doing as little harm as possible. Let the desires be few and treat expectations as weeds. You read, scribble as the spirit moves you, hear some new music, see every week the few people you are attached to. Again: guard yourself, above all, against self-dramatization, a feeling of importance, and the sprouting of expectations.
The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.
إن إحباطنا عندما نملك الكثير ونريد المزيد يفوق إحباطنا عندما لا نملك شيئاً ونريد القليل. نحن أقل تذمراً حين نفقد أشياءاً كثيرة منا، حين لا نفقد إلا شيئاً واحداً.
