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“The unlucky is the land which doesn’t have a hero.
- No, the unlucky is the land which needs a hero”
(A dialogue from the play Galileo)
I would like to modify it a bit. Change the word “land” to “people” and “hero” to “ saying or principles”.
I have been bought up with the idea that there are some principles which leads to man becoming a complete man or great man. And I can’t disagree with it more.
Let me give you few examples.
Saying : “Punctuality makes man understand the importance of time”
Reality: it can be true, but no for always, or even for most of time. My attempt of being punctual has always led to wastage of more time. The worry of punctuality leads to thinking more about being punctual than doing anything substantial. Even if I have to go somewhere I end up just checking my watch that has time come for me to leave, and so I end up giving more time to idea or thing than it deserves.
Saying: “ Maturity always brings more experience and understanding of the world”
Reality: All I have felt is that maturity only shortens your risk taking ability and forces you not to challenge yourself, as you end up thinking that you know the result
Saying: “One should save the money for the rainy day”
Reality: Saving may lead to good bank balance but most of the times less than the ones who risked it.
I can continue with infinite examples, even to the extent I ask you to provide me one adage which you think is true for all times, and I will provide you the circumstance where it doesn’t apply.
So all those self-help books help only the writer and publisher; there are the ones who take our money and give us the feeling that we are getting something out of it. (That is why I like fiction; at least they are truthful enough to say that they are not saying the truth.)
It should be accepted that the circumstances and time are never same and will also have different solutions, and any attempt to straightjacket it one saying will always lead to disaster.
Of course Mark Twain saying will totally fit here that like all generalizations this one is also wrong.
