Ambition is laudable except when it becomes a fetish. When it grows into an obsession it becomes paralyzing. It seems that nobody ever has enough wealth, power or fame.
What difference does it really make how the Joneses live or what they do ? That's their own affair. Let them live their own lives in their own way... we shall live ours our way and be ourselves.
The more important we think we are the easier we are insulted since we come to believe the world owes us a living.
Humility is good medicine.
One if the dangers of "success" is the temptation to become arrogant and eschew humility and especially gratitude toward those who contribute to our estate.
It is difficult for some to keep their heads. It is easy for every president to develop an imperial complex. The importance and mystique attached to the office encourages this.
Emerson wrote: "Hitch your wagon to a star." He didn't say "to a bank account."
There is an old proverb that reads: "Every eel hopes to become a whale."
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