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.
ERIC HOFFERThe 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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 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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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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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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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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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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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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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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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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