my spiritual justification, The Mechanics of Virtue, Matt Berry, aphorism 140

140

But the ideal is the goal? But if so, then it is that sort which compromises the range of attainable goals. I am frustrated with the inability to confer value upon myself through the attainment of ambitious goals, and so I compensate this frustration by constructing a superior identity within my imagination. My new sense of superiority requires that I argue against ambition. Now to the precise degree that I indulge in the narcotic of my spiritual justification, I compromise my future ability to confer value upon myself through ambitious achievements.



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