Anger is a prelude to courage.
ERIC HOFFERThe basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.
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