“The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.” GivingMayMeanGoalPleasureEffortPrinciplesBecomingGiving UpRealization Book:Civilization and Its Discontents Source: Civilization and Its Discontents
“The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant. In an affluent society, the alienated who clamor for power are largely untalented people who cannot make use of the unprecedented opportunities for self-realization, and cannot escape the confrontation with an ineffectual self.” PeopleGivingSelfUseOpportunityAchieveSelf RealizationRealizationEaseConfrontationUnprecedentedAffluentClamorUntalentedAlibis Author:Eric Hoffer