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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. -- Marcus Aurelius

• mkr-hn 12y ago
  That sounds bleak.
  • McDoku 12y ago
    Not really. Ambition is like a bottle for your consciousness. It is the container. As your ambitions expands so does your mind. If your ambition is to troll someone, that is your maximum value. I think if you look deeply many will realize that this is not the value they want. I believe that they can dream of something greater then to harass someone online. If anything it is reminder to avoid being trivial. Ambition leads action. This cycle is who you are. It is beautiful self awareness.
    • mkr-hn 12y ago
      I think we're talking about different kinds of ambition.
      • McDoku 12y ago
        This is what I mean by ambition. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ambition http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ambition
        • mkr-hn 12y ago
          This comes off as very condescending.
          • McDoku 12y ago
            It is not. There is an association with ambitious and grandiose in general language at times. I think it is related to whole 'the meek shall inherent earth' way of thinking. Which is a whole other debate if we get into the gospels of Matthew, Luke and Q issue. Which if you follow the logic of the statement to Matthew 5:3 it related more to an understanding of poverty and conduct. Ironically very much in line with something Marcus Aurelius would say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_5:5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_5:5 So I get the confusion, because I used to make the same error.