Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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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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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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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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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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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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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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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 are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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A 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.
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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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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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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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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 quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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