“What else was Diogenes of Sinope seeking for than the true enjoyment of life, which he discovered in having the least possible wants?”
― The Ego And His Own: The Case Of The Individual Against Authority
― The Ego And His Own: The Case Of The Individual Against Authority
“In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business.”
― From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
― From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
“Justice and injustice indeed begins and ends with the self.”
― Islam: The Concept of Religion and The Foundation of Ethics and Morality
― Islam: The Concept of Religion and The Foundation of Ethics and Morality
“Don't aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. I want you to listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge. Then you will live to see that in the long-run—in the long-run, I say!—success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think about it”
― Man's Search for Meaning
― Man's Search for Meaning
“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
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