The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
ERIC HOFFERI have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.
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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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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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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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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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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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Language was invented to ask questions.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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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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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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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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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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