Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice

From The Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer.

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Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice. The reckless wasting of one's vigor is a blind striving to "liquidate" an unwanted self. And as one would expect, the passage from this to other forms of self-sacrifice is not uncommon. Passionate sinning has not infrequently been an apprenticeship to sainthood. Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.