It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
ERIC HOFFERJesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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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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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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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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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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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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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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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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Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines.
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Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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