We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
ERIC HOFFERAdd a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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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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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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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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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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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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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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