Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
ERIC HOFFERTo know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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The 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.
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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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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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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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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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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
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Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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