A man is likely to mind his own business, when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his ownmeaningless affairs and by minding o… - Eric Hoffer
" "A man is likely to mind his own business, when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his ownmeaningless affairs and by minding other people’s business.
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About 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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For though ours is a godless age, it is the very opposite of irreligious. The true believer is everywhere on the march, and both by converting and antagonizing he is shaping the world in his own image. And whether we are to line up with him or against him, it is well that we should know all we can concerning his nature and potentialities.
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من أين تأتي هذه الكراهية الغير منطقية و لماذا تتحول إلي عامل توحيد؟ إنها تعبير عن محاولة يائسة من جانبنا لإخفاء شعورنا بالنقص, أو بقلة أهميتنا, أو بالذنب, أو بأي عيوب أخري تنبع من داخلنا, يتحول احتقار النفس هنا لكراهية الآخرين, مع محاولة مستميتة لإخفاء هذا التحول.
حتي عندما يكون هناك ظلم, فإن كراهيتنا لا تنبع منه بقدر ما تنبع من إحساسنا بالفشل و العجز و الجبن, بعبارة أخري من احتقارنا انفسنا. عندما نشعر بالتفوق علي أعدائنا فإننا نعاملهم باحتقار و ربما بشئ من الشفقة لكننا لا نكرههم.
تتضح لنا الحقيقة التي تقول : إن الكراهية تنبع من احتقار النفس أكثر مما تنبع من الظلم عندما نتفحص العلاقة الحميمة بين الكراهية و تأنيب الضمير.
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