Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Business people - Your business - is your greatest prejudice: it ties you to your locality, to the company you keep, to the inclinations you feel. Diligent in business - but indolent in spirit, content with your inadequacy, and with the cloak of duty hung over this contentment: that is how you live, that is how you want your children to live!

Business people - Your business - is your greatest prejudice

Summary

This quote suggests that being engrossed in business can limit one's perspective and narrow their world. It argues that businesspeople become slaves to their work, limiting their flexibility and closing themselves off to new experiences. The quote condemns the tendency to prioritize material success and economic stability while neglecting personal growth and fulfillment. It also criticizes the desire to perpetuate this mindset onto future generations, implying that it perpetuates a cycle of mediocrity.

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Philosophy Inspirational Cultural Criticism

By Friedrich Nietzsche

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