Eric Hoffer on god
Eric Hoffer99 quotes“Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.”
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer 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.
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It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
DiogenesDiogenes Every day, I get closer to God. Every day, my will to do the right thing gets stronger.
DMXDMX She undresses like honey In a half emptied bottle, it is warm it is good it is god.
Quinn ZukowskiQuinn Zukowski If I were seriously interested in something important to me, I wouldn’t just click on the first search result, read it and take it as God’s word.
Sergey BrinSergey Brin Culture is the most powerful force in humanity under god.
Kanye WestKanye West God is love, leading with light.
Kanye WestKanye West Everything that wasn’t invented by God is invented by an engineer.
Prince PhilipPrince Philip I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
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