To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
ERIC HOFFERThe passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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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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Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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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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The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
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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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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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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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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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