#selfloathing — Public Fediverse posts
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 69 (3.14.69) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11001/
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Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 100 (3.14.100) (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11352/
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Why do I torment myself by returning to instagram? Why am I so self-destructive and desperate?
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
Never allow your mind to dwell on your own misconduct: that is ruin. The conscience has morbid sensibilities; it must be employed but not indulged, like the imagination or the stomach.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 7.1 “Discipline of Conscience”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
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They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the “free for all.” They want to eliminate free competition and the ruthless testing to which the individual is continually subjected in a free society.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10928/
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I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
[J’ai la maladie de faire des livres et d’en être honteux quand je les ai faits.]Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 83 / 837 (1720-1755)More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/83690/
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“I have been Foolish and Deluded,” said Pooh, “and I am a Bear of No Brain at All.”
“You’re the Best Bear in All the World,” said Christopher Robin soothingly.A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 3 “Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting” (1926)More info about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/2843/
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Why I thought loving white men was safer—and what it took to love myself instead - Charles Orgbon III
https://www.pride.com/culture/perspectives/charles-orgbon-iii
#lgbtq #assimilation #selfloathing #internalizedracism #interracial #conformity
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A quotation from Thomas Fuller
Be not deceived: it is not that which Men believe of thee will make thee happy or miserable; but that which thou believest of thyself.
Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 2, # 2073 (1727)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7…
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A quotation from Josh Billings
He who don’t luv himself vents hiz spleen bi hating everyboddy else.
[He who doesn’t love himself vents his spleen by hating everybody else.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 281 “Variety: Bred and Butter” (1874)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/77758/
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LAWRENCE: I — killed — two people, I mean two Arabs. One was a boy — this was yesterday. … I led him into a quicksand. The other was a man — that was, oh let me see — before Akaba anyway — I had to execute him with my pistol. … There was something about it I didn’t like.
ALLENBY: Well, naturally.
LAWRENCE: No. Something else.
ALLENBY: I see. Well that’s all right. Let it be a warning.
LAWRENCE: No. Something else.
ALLENBY: What then?
LAWRENCE: I enjoyed it.Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
Lawrence of Arabia, Part 1, sc. 621-623 (1962) [with Michael Wilson]Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bolt-robert/77000/
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
I enjoy life; I might almost say that with every year that passes I enjoy it more. This is due partly to having discovered what were the things that I most desired, and having gradually acquired many of these things. Partly it is due to having successfully dismissed certain objects of desire — such as the acquisition of indubitable knowledge about something or other — as essentially unattainable. But very largely it is due to a diminishing preoccupation with myself. Like others who had a Puritan education, I had the habit of meditating on my sins, follies, and shortcomings. I seemed to myself — no doubt justly — a miserable specimen. Gradually I learned to be indifferent to myself and my deficiencies; I came to centre my attention increasingly upon external objects: the state of the world, various branches of knowledge, individuals for whom I felt affection.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/755…
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I
I am an enigmatic man
who lets his troubled past,
chock-full of paternal blows
dictate him while ironically allowing
the languor of the present lull
him into a false sense of security.
I also incongruously
live in make-believe future Mays replete with
bountiful harvests, cider, and red
amaranths in bloom like little
Cardinals. I am a stream […]
https://notsomeonewhomatters.blog/2025/01/06/a-portrait-of-an-insufferable-man/
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#Farright #AntiLGBTQ+ #trolls will soon host a “#sexist & #racist” #roast of #KamalaHarris at #statecollege.
#Selfloathing "#ExGay" #Fascist #MiloYiannopoulos is one of the #organizers along with the #founder of the #DomesticTerrorist group the #ProudBoys.
