Eric Hoffer
Quotations
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“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.” -Eric Hoffer
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“When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.” -Eric Hoffer
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“Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.” -Eric Hoffer
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“It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.” -Eric Hoffer
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“Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.” -Eric Hoffer
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“There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.” -Eric Hoffer
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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.” -Eric Hoffer
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“It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.” -Eric Hoffer
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“Man was nature’s mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.” -Eric Hoffer
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“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.” -Eric Hoffer
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“In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” -Eric Hoffer
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“Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.” -Eric Hoffer
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“We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.” -Eric Hoffer
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“It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The fear of becoming a ‘has-been’ keeps some people from becoming anything.” -Eric Hoffer
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“Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.” -Eric Hoffer
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“It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.” -Eric Hoffer
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“Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.” -Eric Hoffer
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“We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.” -Eric Hoffer
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“It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.” -Eric Hoffer
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“We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.” -Eric Hoffer
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“The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.” -Eric Hoffer
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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. – Eric Hoffer
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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. – Eric Hoffer
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