Wednesday, May 30, 2018

A dissatisfaction with ourselves

From The Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer.
A poignant dissatisfaction, whatever be its cause, is at bottom a dissatisfaction with ourselves. It is surprising how much hardship and humiliation a man will endure without bitterness when he has not the least doubt about his worth or when he is so integrated with others that he is not aware of a separate self.

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