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.
ERIC HOFFERThe 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.
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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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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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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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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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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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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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 run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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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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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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