Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
ERIC HOFFERWe 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.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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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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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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