Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
ERIC HOFFERDeath has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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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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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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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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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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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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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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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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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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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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