Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
ERIC HOFFERThe misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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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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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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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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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Language was invented to ask questions.
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The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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