Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
ERIC HOFFERWe see through others only when we see through ourselves.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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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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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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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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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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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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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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