Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
ERIC HOFFERShould Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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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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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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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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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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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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Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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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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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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