You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
ERIC HOFFERTo learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can’t learn. If you have too much, you will think you don’t have to learn.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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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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Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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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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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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