We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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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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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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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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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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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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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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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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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines.
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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 be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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