We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
ERIC HOFFERWhen people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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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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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.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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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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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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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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Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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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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