Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
ERIC HOFFER
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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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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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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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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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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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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A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
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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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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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