Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Developing And Applying

The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them.  They acquire all of these by developing and applying their potentialities.  On the other hand, the real "have nots" are they who cannot have aught except by depriving others of it.  They can feel free only by diminishing the freedom of others, self-confident by spreading fear and dependence among others, and rich by making others poor.

-- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), American writer on social and political philosophy.  Despite rising to fame with the success and popularity of his writings, he continued to work as a longshoreman until retiring at age 65.  The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955), Section 115

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