It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
ERIC HOFFERAbsolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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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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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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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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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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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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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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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Language was invented to ask questions.
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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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Children are the keys of paradise.
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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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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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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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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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