“I believe that there is a great illusion underlying both the despair of the weak and the unease of the strong-and the misfortune of both. This great illusion is the very notion that there are two kinds of human beings, the strong and the weak. The truth is that human beings are much more alike than they think. ALL MEN, IN FACT, ARE WEAK! All are weak because all are afraid of their own inner weakness being discovered. They all have secret faults; they all have a bad conscience on account of certain acts which they would like to keep covered up. They are all afraid of other men and of God, of themselves, of life and of death. What distinguishes men from each other is not their inner nature, but the way in which they react to this common distress: strong reactions and the weak reactions.” If weakness leads to a sense of failure, strength too has its own circle: one must go on being stronger and stronger for fear of suffering of an even more crushing defeat, and this race in strength leads humanity inevitably to general collapse.” Paul Tounier, The Strong and The Weak
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:19:27 +0000
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