We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
- Eric Hoffer
Intense desire creates not only its own opportunities… April 8, 2007
One of the great drawbacks to self-centered passion… March 15, 2007
One of the great drawbacks to self-centered passions is that they offer so little variety in life. The man who loves only himself cannot, it is true, be accused of promiscuity in his affections, but he is bound in the end to suffer intolerable boredom from the inevitable sameness of the object of his devotion.
- Betrand, Lord Russel
Talents V Desire March 10, 2007
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
- Eric Hoffer
What are the three passions overwhelmingly strong… February 15, 2007
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
- Bertrand Russell
