Anger is a prelude to courage.
ERIC HOFFERThe basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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We 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.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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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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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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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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