It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
ERIC HOFFERYou can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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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 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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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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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 creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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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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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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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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Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines.
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