It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
ERIC HOFFERThe sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.
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No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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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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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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Language was invented to ask questions.
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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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Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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