The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
ERIC HOFFERThe 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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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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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.
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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 greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
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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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It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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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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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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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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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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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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