Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.


Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer (ed. HarperCollins Publishers, 1982)


Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.