Quote by Eric Hoffer

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.

Summary

The quote suggests that engaging in dissipation, which refers to indulging in excess or frivolous activities, can be seen as a form of self-sacrifice. In this context, dissipation refers to sacrificing one's time, energy, and focus for fleeting pleasures or gratification. By participating in such behaviors, individuals may knowingly divert their attention and resources away from more meaningful or fulfilling endeavors in exchange for immediate satisfaction or escapism. This interpretation implies that indulging in dissipation involves sacrificing long-term goals or personal growth for short-lived pleasure.

Topics

Despair

By Eric Hoffer

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, moder

By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed.

Technology

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it inv

The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.

Future

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.

George S. Patton

History

I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't w

I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself.

Dad

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we

The second we see somebody on the street or meet someone, we make snap judgments about them, about who they are and why we wouldn't necessarily sit with them or why we would or what's cool or not cool.

Cool

The very thing that is causing you pain is building you up.

The very thing that is causing you pain is building you up.

Pain

I was a little shocked at how adult some of the humor was, b

I was a little shocked at how adult some of the humor was, because I was never that into animation before and when I watched 'Shrek' I really laughed out loud.

Humor

Perhaps we should comprehend these things better were it not

Perhaps we should comprehend these things better were it not for the persistence of the superstition that human beings habitually think. There is no more persistent superstition than this. Linn

Nicholas Murray Butler, The Revo

Thought

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist

I loved Alien, and I loved Carrie, and I loved The Exorcist - those were big movies for me. They were just brilliantly done, and unusual, and they all took horror to some new place.

Lawrence Kasdan

Movies

The inner voice is something which cannot be described in wo

The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.

Prayer

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.

Change

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Charles de Gaulle

Alone