Eric Hoffer on creation
Eric Hoffer99 quotes“The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.”
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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer 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.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer 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.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer 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.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer
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While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
Maya AngelouMaya Angelou Create a life you can’t wait to live.
Zig ZiglarZig Ziglar It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela Create your own lane so you can do whatever speed limit you wish to go!
LeBron JamesLeBron James We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created.
Nicholas SparksNicholas Sparks We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule.
Bill GatesBill Gates God created everything by number, weight and measure.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Those skilled at making the enemy move do so by creating a situation to which he must conform; they entice him with something he is certain to take, and with lures of ostensible profit they await him in strength.
Sun TzuSun Tzu
