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 HOFFERWe 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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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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To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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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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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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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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