It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
ERIC HOFFERJesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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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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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.
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One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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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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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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