Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
ERIC HOFFER
The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Children are the keys of paradise.
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Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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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.
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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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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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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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The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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