120725 07:13 eric hoffer
"Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect. They know that basic human problems can have no final solutions, that our freedom, justice, equality, etc. are far from absolute, and that the good life is compounded of half measures, compromises, lesser evils, and gropings toward the perfect. The rejection of approximations and the insistence on absolutes are the manifestation of a nihilism that loathes freedom, tolerance, and equity."
"The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way."
--Eric Hoffer
In addition to Louis L’Amour one one of the most prolific author's in history. My understanding is that Hoffer's estate remains 70 feet long, top to bottom, filled metal shelves packed with his notebooks unread as yet. There is not enough of eternity for me to read those whom I love. And of Hoffer's "The wise . . . " it allowed me to inhabit by affirmation my own style of learning. In retrospect I sense my parents purchased my high school degree--the only degree I have--a forgery in Harlem, New York <:) xoj
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