One must become Fanatic - be a wedge - a thunder-bolt To smite a passage through the close-grained world.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- To break through the world's resistance, one must become extreme and forceful.
- In plain terms
- Be extreme to break through a stubborn world.
- What can you take from it?
- Radical determination is needed to create change.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How hard must you push?
- When does drive become dangerous?
Another view
Fanaticism risks harm and alienation.
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