“The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.” WayGivingLooksSelfHandsPracticeDoubtOur LivesSelf EsteemHumilityDutyHolyGainsDearConvictionPassingPassingsEsteemBurningVanityNo DoubtMeaninglessSelflessHolding OnDrowningSelf CenteredBoundlessExchangingDear Life Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“But on one man's soul it hath broken, / A light that doth not depart; / And his look, or a word he hath spoken, / Wrought flame in another man's heart.” MenLooksHeartSoulLightBrokenBurningFlamesOne ManAnother Man Author:Arthur O'Shaughnessy
“There will come a time when the world will look back to modern vivisection in the name of science, as they do now to burning at the stake in the name of religion.” WorldLooksNamesAnimalModernBurningWelfareStakesAnimal RightsAnimal WelfareVivisectionAnimal TestingBurning At The Stake Author:Kathryn Bigelow