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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 75 (3.14.75) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11110/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hoffer #erichoffer #dedication #fanaticism #grievance #hatred #holywar #massmovement #meaning #meaningoflife #meaninglessness #purpose #purposelessness #truebeliever #follower
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 75 (3.14.75) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11110/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hoffer #erichoffer #dedication #fanaticism #grievance #hatred #holywar #massmovement #meaning #meaningoflife #meaninglessness #purpose #purposelessness #truebeliever #follower
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 75 (3.14.75) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11110/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hoffer #erichoffer #dedication #fanaticism #grievance #hatred #holywar #massmovement #meaning #meaningoflife #meaninglessness #purpose #purposelessness #truebeliever #follower
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 75 (3.14.75) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11110/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hoffer #erichoffer #dedication #fanaticism #grievance #hatred #holywar #massmovement #meaning #meaningoflife #meaninglessness #purpose #purposelessness #truebeliever #follower
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Saying this or that event in life has meaning is like saying this or that wave on the ocean has meaning. In a moment, it's gone -- replaced by the next one, then the next....
#life #meaningoflife #meaning #meaningless #meaninglessness #ocean #buddhism #impermanence #anicca
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81811…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #adage #aphorism #banality #cliche #meaninglessness #platitude #proverb #receivedwisdom #saw #saying #truism
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81811…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #adage #aphorism #banality #cliche #meaninglessness #platitude #proverb #receivedwisdom #saw #saying #truism
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81811…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #adage #aphorism #banality #cliche #meaninglessness #platitude #proverb #receivedwisdom #saw #saying #truism
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
ADAGE, n. A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A “saw” which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Adage,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-03-05)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81811…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #adage #aphorism #banality #cliche #meaninglessness #platitude #proverb #receivedwisdom #saw #saying #truism
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/105507/ 10 Philosophy Books That Will Send a Chill Down Your Spine #absurdism #Books #BooksNewsTimesNow #consciousness #DarkPhilosophy #Death #despair #ego #Entertainment #ethics #ExistentialCrisis #ExistentialDread #freedom #HumanNature #isolation #meaninglessness #MetaphysicalHorror #nihilism #nothingness #pessimism #power #SELF #SurrealPhilosophy #UK #UnitedKingdom
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CÉLIMÈNE: Yes, he’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. There’s never any point to what he says; ‘t is only noise to which we listen.
[C’est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours
L’art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours:
Dans les propos qu’il tient on ne voit jamais goutte,
Et ce n’est que du bruit que tout ce qu’on écoute.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Le Misanthrope, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 579ff (1666) [tr. Wormeley (1894), 2.5]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/74203/
#quote #quotes #quotation #chit-chat #chatter #logorrhea #meaninglessness #noise #talking #words
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CÉLIMÈNE: Yes, he’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. There’s never any point to what he says; ‘t is only noise to which we listen.
[C’est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours
L’art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours:
Dans les propos qu’il tient on ne voit jamais goutte,
Et ce n’est que du bruit que tout ce qu’on écoute.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Le Misanthrope, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 579ff (1666) [tr. Wormeley (1894), 2.5]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/74203/
#quote #quotes #quotation #chit-chat #chatter #logorrhea #meaninglessness #noise #talking #words
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CÉLIMÈNE: Yes, he’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. There’s never any point to what he says; ‘t is only noise to which we listen.
[C’est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours
L’art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours:
Dans les propos qu’il tient on ne voit jamais goutte,
Et ce n’est que du bruit que tout ce qu’on écoute.]Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Le Misanthrope, Act 2, sc. 4, l. 579ff (1666) [tr. Wormeley (1894), 2.5]Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/74203/
#quote #quotes #quotation #chit-chat #chatter #logorrhea #meaninglessness #noise #talking #words
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A quotation from Moliere:
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CÉLIMÈNE: Yes, he’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. There’s never any point to what he says; ‘t is only noise to which we listen.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/moliere/74203/#quote #quotes #quotation #chit-chat #logorrhea #meaninglessness #noise #talking #words
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A quotation from Moliere:
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CÉLIMÈNE: Yes, he’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. There’s never any point to what he says; ‘t is only noise to which we listen.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/moliere/74203/#quote #quotes #quotation #chit-chat #logorrhea #meaninglessness #noise #talking #words
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A quotation from Moliere:
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CÉLIMÈNE: Yes, he’s a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue. There’s never any point to what he says; ‘t is only noise to which we listen.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/moliere/74203/#quote #quotes #quotation #chit-chat #logorrhea #meaninglessness #noise #talking #words
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A quotation from Martin, Steve:
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HARRIS: Sitting there at that moment I thought of something else Shakespeare said. He said, “Hey … life is pretty stupid; with lots of hubbub to keep you busy, but really not amounting to much.” Of course I’m paraphrasing: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/martin-steve/17747/#quote #quotes #quotation #busyness #distraction #keepingbusy #life #meaningoflife #meaninglessness
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A quotation from Martin, Steve:
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HARRIS: Sitting there at that moment I thought of something else Shakespeare said. He said, “Hey … life is pretty stupid; with lots of hubbub to keep you busy, but really not amounting to much.” Of course I’m paraphrasing: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/martin-steve/17747/#quote #quotes #quotation #busyness #distraction #keepingbusy #life #meaningoflife #meaninglessness
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Exploring the Depth of Nihilistic Meaning ⏩ Full Article: http://tinyurl.com/4jkbkf5n #Nihilism #Contemplation #Stoicism #Meaninglessness #Analysis
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A brilliant (and funny) talk at #StateOfTheBrowser
"Quite the shit show in the fuck factory" — #HBOSuccession
@Amy_Hupe @webstandards #StateOfTech #Meaninglessness #Purpose #Validation
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Wow — #Meaninglessness ain’t cheap! Don’t even want to see how much #ennui is going for…
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Wow — #Meaninglessness ain’t cheap! Don’t even want to see how much #ennui is going for…
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Wow — #Meaninglessness ain’t cheap! Don’t even want to see how much #ennui is going for…
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Wow — #Meaninglessness ain’t cheap! Don’t even want to see how much #ennui is going for…
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Wow — #Meaninglessness ain’t cheap! Don’t even want to see how much #ennui is going for…
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A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
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https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/58176/#quote #quotes #quotation #blather #desire #emptiness #labor #love #meaning #meaninglessness #modernity #satisfaction #work
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A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
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https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/58176/#quote #quotes #quotation #blather #desire #emptiness #labor #love #meaning #meaninglessness #modernity #satisfaction #work
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A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
»»»»»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/58176/#quote #quotes #quotation #blather #desire #emptiness #labor #love #meaning #meaninglessness #modernity #satisfaction #work
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A quotation from McLaughlin, Mignon:
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The three horrors of modern life — talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
»»»»»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/58176/#quote #quotes #quotation #blather #desire #emptiness #labor #love #meaning #meaninglessness #modernity #satisfaction #work