It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
ERIC HOFFERMass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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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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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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Anger is a prelude to courage.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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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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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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