The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
ERIC HOFFEROne 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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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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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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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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Children are the keys of paradise.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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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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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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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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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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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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