Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
ERIC HOFFERNaivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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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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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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Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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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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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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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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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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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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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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