“The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong.”
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 53.
“The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.”
Book I: The Suburb, Ch. XIII
Casuals of the Sea (1916)
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“There are two kinds of people in the world, whom we might dub the jobholders and the enthusiasts.”
George Sarton (1884–1956) American historian of science
Preface.
A History of Science Vol.1 Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece (1952)
Context: There are two kinds of people in the world, whom we might dub the jobholders and the enthusiasts.... The majority of the kings and emperors were jobholders and so were many of the popes.... Most of the creators in the field of art and religion, and many of them in the field of science, were enthusiasts. Now economic conditions may deeply affect the jobs and the jobholders, but they make little impression on the enthusiasts.... the jobholders... keep things going with enough continuity and smoothness; they are the builders of usages and customs, the defenders of morality and justice.... the enthusiasts... are the main instruments of change and progress; they are the real creators and troublemakers. The enthusiasts are the salt of the earth, but man cannot live by salt alone.
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Ibid., p. 258
The Book of Disquiet
Original: O mundo é de quem não sente. A condição essencial para se ser um homem prático é a ausência de sensibilidade.