
"Words Handed Down by Disciples" (Chapter 9).
No Abode: The Record of Ippen (1997)
Entry (1952)
Eric Hoffer and the Art of the Notebook (2005)
Context: This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. Our most persistent and spectacular efforts are concerned not with the preservation of what we are but with the building up of an imaginary conception of ourselves in the opinion of others. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter.
"Words Handed Down by Disciples" (Chapter 9).
No Abode: The Record of Ippen (1997)
“There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge.”
Source: The Parables of Jesus: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas
“All mortals desire themselves to be praised.”
Omnes mortales sese laudarier optant.
As quoted by Augustine of Hippo in De Trinitate, Book XIII, Chapter III
Source: Discovery of Freedom: Man's Struggle Against Authority (1943), p. viii.
23 July 1827
Table Talk (1821–1834)
“What is given by the gods more desirable than the fortunate hour?”
Quid datur a divis felici optatius hora?
LXII
Carmina
“Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I accomplish.”