There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Language was invented to ask questions.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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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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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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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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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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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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