There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
ERIC HOFFERShould Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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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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The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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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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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
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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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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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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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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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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 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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Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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