201218 What I learned in my studies this morning

Today's Tao:

From The Daily Stoic: 

Death treats all fairly. High and low, smart and dumb alike. Use this to center yourself next time you feel below, or above, another. 

From Eric Hoffer, Part III: Factors Promoting Self-Sacrifice, Make-Believe:

Deprecation of the Present, cont. 

The Future™ is the goal. The present belongs to the past which belongs to the enemies of the movement: the established, the rich, the comfortable, the not us. 

Convincing the masses to sacrificing themselves for the movement is only possible if the movement offers Hope™. Particularly Hope™ for The Children™. 

(The True Believer, XIII-49)