The true personality appears when the social mask is removed. Many people, out of fear, spend a lifetime without being able to assume it, or even know it. The most obvious effect of this is permanent dissatisfaction. There is nothing in this life that can replace the pleasure that comes from authenticity; to experience it, however, requires an act of courage, which is always disruptive, with short-term consequences that are often unpleasant. It happens that, much sooner than expected, the initial shock wears off and it feels like a release from infinite constraints, all of which stem from the unfortunate attempt to appear to be what one is not.
Tag: philosophy
Maturity Is Perhaps Notable for Being…
Maturity is perhaps notable for being the age when it becomes impossible to start an endeavor and then abandon it, when one always thinks about the end and what one does is done so that, if it does not end at a previously defined point, it lasts for the rest of one’s life. It is an age when the desire for the curious test disappears and one starts to act with certainty and resolution. It is an age, then, when one sees both the motivation and the goal, only making efforts in favor of what is in line with one’s inner nature. Some men never reach it…
It Should Be Enough for Man…
It should be enough for man to be certain that it is possible to sit down alone and experience a different reality from the outside world through letters, so that his spirit can detach itself from the anguish it may generate. Once one understands how far one can go through the mind, the exuberance of possibilities becomes a powerful respite from the frustration caused by the urgencies, needs and ties of the material world.
The Intellectual Dies the Moment…
The intellectual dies the moment he loses that characteristic curiosity of the young student, thirsty to learn. Intellectual activity itself is based on nothing else: it requires permanent effort, enthusiasm for the unknown and the will to investigate and understand it. That’s why, no matter what happens to them, the intellectual must never allow this flame to go out, otherwise he will go out with it.