A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Lecture (1840-05-08), “The Hero as Prophet,” Home House, Portman Square, London
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Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil: it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is. The lecture notes were collected by Carlyle into On Heroes, Hero-Worship, & the Heroic in History, Lecture 2 (1841).
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une promesse que l’on ne peut pas tenir ,
ne serait qu’un vœux qu’on veut réaliser ,
c’est pourquoi l’on fait vœux de chasteté ,
ou encore que l’on fait vœux de pauvreté ,
car on sait bien qu’on risque de le trahir ,
car contre notre nature on ne peut lutter ,
ainsi c’est comme un dépendant repenti ,
qui, contre son vice luttera, toute sa vie ,
It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting. People who live full, worthwhile lives are not usually ready to die for their own interests nor for their country nor for a holy cause. Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. "Things which are not" are indeed mightier than "things that are." In all ages men have fought most desperately for beautiful cities yet to be built and gardens yet to be planted... It is strange, indeed, that those who hug the present and hang on to it with all their might should be the least capable of defending it. And that, on the other hand, those who spurn the present and dust their hands of it should have all its gifts and treasures showered on them unasked.
-- Eric Hoffer
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Such pleasure - weeks missed
Long absent something so craved
Sleep - o' precious sleep
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As I look at my attempts to analyze different psychological phenemona from meditative insights, it all comes back to one thing. Grasping.
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