"Every man has a costume and a mask, which he wears with greedy ambition and cunning self-defense. And the bottom line: you have no idea that you're wearing it! He doesn't know about it. This is not only unpleasant, but also very funny. He lies to himself, but with such hypnotic power that he forgets that he is not at all who he thinks he is. That's why it's not worth arguing with him about faith, ideas, or worldview, because he doesn't live it anyway. He lives something completely different and believes in something different than what he thinks he believes. And there is nothing more dangerous than warning someone that they are living a lie.
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Every man has a costume and a mask, which he wears with greedy ambition and cunning self-defense. And the bottom line: you have no idea that you're wearing it! He doesn't know about it. This is not only unpleasant, but also very funny. He lies to himself, but with such hypnotic power that he forgets that he is not at all who he thinks he is. That's why it's not worth arguing with him about faith, ideas, or worldview, because he doesn't live it anyway. He lives something completely different and believes in something different than what he thinks he believes. And there is nothing more dangerous than warning someone that they are living a lie.
""Minden emberen van egy jelmez és egy maszk, melyet mohó ambícióval és ravasz önvédelemből visel. És ami a lényeg: fogalma sincs róla, hogy rajta van! Nem tud róla. Ez nem csak kellemetlen, de roppant vicces is. Magára hazudja, de olyan hipnotikus erővel, hogy elfelejti, hogy ő egyáltalán nem az, akinek hiszi magát. Ezért nem is érdemes vele sem hitről, sem eszméről, sem világnézetről vitatkozni, mert úgysem azt éli. Ő valami egészen mást él, és másban hisz, mint amiről azt hiszi, hogy hiszi. És nincs veszedelmesebb dolog, mint figyelmeztetni valakit, hogy hazugságban él."