We start making every child ambitious, and ambition means you cannot love; ambition is anti-love. Ambition needs fight, ambition needs struggle, ambition needs you to use others as a means.
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The moment you become miserly you are closed to the basic phenomenon of life: expansion, sharing. The moment you start clinging to things, you have missed the target--you have missed. Because things are not the target, you, your innermost being, is the target--not a beautiful house, but a beautiful you; not much money, but a rich you; not many things, but an open being, available to millions of things.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Holding on too tightly to possessions restricts personal growth and connection to life.
This quote emphasizes that clinging to material possessions prevents individuals from experiencing the true essence of life, which is about expansion and sharing. It suggests that the focus should be on personal development and openness rather than accumulating wealth or objects, urging individuals to cultivate their inner selves rather than merely acquiring external riches.
Themes
WealthSharingGrowthExpansionInner Self
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about personal fulfillment and growth.
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