The 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.
ERIC HOFFERThe 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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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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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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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 history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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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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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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