The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
ERIC HOFFERWe lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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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.
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Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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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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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.
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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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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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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.
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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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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.
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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