We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
ERIC HOFFERYou can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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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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To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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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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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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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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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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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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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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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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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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