The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
ERIC HOFFERIt is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from 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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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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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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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.
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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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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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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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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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Children are the keys of paradise.
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