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We do not weary of eating and sleeping every day, for hunger and sleepiness recur. Without that we should weary of them. So, without the hunger for spiritual things, we weary of them. Hunger after righteousness, the eighth beatitude.
Pascal's Pensées
Blaise Pascal and T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
What our attention gains quantitatively by considering several objects simultaneously, it loses qualitatively in intensity with each taken separately.
The Ecology of Attention
Yves Citton
Faith organizes and equips man’s soul for action. To be in possession of the one and only truth and never doubt one’s righteousness; to feel that one is backed by a mysterious power whether it be God, destiny or the law of history; to be convinced that one’s opponents are the incarnation of evil and must be crushed; to exult in self-denial and devotion to duty—these are admirable qualifications for resolute and ruthless action in any field. Psalm-singing soldiers, pioneers, businessmen and even sportsmen have proved themselves formidable.
The True Believer
Eric Hoffer
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