Language was invented to ask questions.
ERIC HOFFERThe 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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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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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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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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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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The 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.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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