Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
ERIC HOFFERA 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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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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One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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