You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
ERIC HOFFERThe misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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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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I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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