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.
ERIC HOFFERA 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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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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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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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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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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