The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
ERIC HOFFERNowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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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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The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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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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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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