Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
ERIC HOFFERCreativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
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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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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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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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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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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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Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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