It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
ERIC HOFFERWe all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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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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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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To learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can’t learn. If you have too much, you will think you don’t have to learn.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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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 beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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