UN LIVRE UTILE 74
Le mardi 12 juillet 2005.
Ben et moi venons tout juste de rentrer de chez Mark Palmer, un guide vraiment sympa du Manitoba. Nous avons regardé un film : « Garden State » par Zach Braff. Une histoire d’amour et quête existentielle plutôt bien réussi. J’ai beaucoup pensé à Yumiko pendant le film. L’innocence de l’actrice principale, Natalie Portman était touchante. Cela me rappelait beaucoup ce que j'aimais tant chez Yumiko, et ce que j’aime bien chez elle : l’innocence.
J’y pense trop en ce moment. J’ai une lourde journée demain et je suis incapable de dormir. Cela faisait un bon moment que j'avais mis quelques citations de côté, dans le Harpers du dernier mois.
Eric Hoffer. Philosophe américain, d’origine européenne, il travaillera sur un quai de bateaux toute sa vie, publiera une dizaine de livres dont son premier, The True Believer qui est aujourd’hui considéré comme un classique. Voici des citations tirées d’un article de Harpers Magazine, Juillet 2005.
“Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.”
“It is not good for our efforts at self-realization to know the opinions others have of us. It is difficult or perhaps impossible to be ourselves if we are known.” 1951
“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 opinions of others. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter.” 1952
“To think for oneself is not only, as Gide said counter-revolutionary but also apostasy and, at certain times, treason.” 1953
“When we slip and hit bottom, we are left with the sole preoccupation with the self.” 1953
“By circumstance and perhaps by inclination, I think in complete intellectual isolation. To expect others to help me think seems to me almost like expecting them to help me digest my food.” 1954
“…guard yourself, above all, against self-dramatization, a feeling of importance and the sprouting of expectations.” 1954
“It is precisely because we can never really know ourselves, but only guess, that we are so vehement about the good and the evil ascribed to us by others. In maintaining ourselves against all comers, we are maintaining something that is unknown, uncertain, and never wholly provable. We need a chorus of consent, and we are engaged in an unceasing proselytizing campaign in our own behalf.” 1954
Tired, finish tomorrow……
Lo
J’y pense trop en ce moment. J’ai une lourde journée demain et je suis incapable de dormir. Cela faisait un bon moment que j'avais mis quelques citations de côté, dans le Harpers du dernier mois.
Eric Hoffer. Philosophe américain, d’origine européenne, il travaillera sur un quai de bateaux toute sa vie, publiera une dizaine de livres dont son premier, The True Believer qui est aujourd’hui considéré comme un classique. Voici des citations tirées d’un article de Harpers Magazine, Juillet 2005.
“Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.”
“It is not good for our efforts at self-realization to know the opinions others have of us. It is difficult or perhaps impossible to be ourselves if we are known.” 1951
“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 opinions of others. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter.” 1952
“To think for oneself is not only, as Gide said counter-revolutionary but also apostasy and, at certain times, treason.” 1953
“When we slip and hit bottom, we are left with the sole preoccupation with the self.” 1953
“By circumstance and perhaps by inclination, I think in complete intellectual isolation. To expect others to help me think seems to me almost like expecting them to help me digest my food.” 1954
“…guard yourself, above all, against self-dramatization, a feeling of importance and the sprouting of expectations.” 1954
“It is precisely because we can never really know ourselves, but only guess, that we are so vehement about the good and the evil ascribed to us by others. In maintaining ourselves against all comers, we are maintaining something that is unknown, uncertain, and never wholly provable. We need a chorus of consent, and we are engaged in an unceasing proselytizing campaign in our own behalf.” 1954
Tired, finish tomorrow……
Lo
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