Anger is a prelude to courage.
ERIC HOFFER
ERIC HOFFER
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Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer 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.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer To learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can’t learn. If you have too much, you will think you don’t have to learn.
Eric HofferEric Hoffer The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
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Gaur Gopal DasGaur Gopal Das If we choose to be offended when we don’t get our own way, Then we’re going to live constantly on the edge of anger. But if we say to ourselves, ” A merry heart does good like a medicine,” It’ll make all the difference in the world.
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