A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
ERIC HOFFEREvery successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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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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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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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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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
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Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
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Language was invented to ask questions.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.
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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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