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> [The genuine creator creates something that has a life of its own, something that can exist and function without him. This is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-genuine-creator-creates-something-that-has-a-life-of-its-own/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [Without a sense of proportion there can be neither good taste nor genuine intelligence, nor perhaps moral integrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/without-a-sense-of-proportion-there-can-be-neither-good-taste-nor/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/it-is-part-of-the-formidableness-of-a-genuine-mass-movement-that-the/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [The genuine artist is as much a dissatisfied person as the revolutionary, yet how diametrically opposed are the products each distills from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-genuine-artist-is-as-much-a-dissatisfied-person-as-the/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-end-comes-when-we-no-longer-talk-with-ourselves-it-is-the-end-of-2/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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## Other authors on Genuine

## More by Eric Hoffer

> [The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-truth-seems-to-be-that-propaganda-on-its-own-cannot-force-its-way/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/when-grubbing-for-necessities-man-is-still-an-animal-he-becomes/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [“We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/we-lie-the-loudest-when-we-lie-to-ourselves/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/our-originality-shows-itself-most-strikingly-not-in-what-we-wholly/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-creative-mind-is-the-playful-mind-philosophy-is-the-play-and/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction and between profession and practice - that is to say with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/it-is-also-plausible-that-those-movements-with-the-greatest-inner/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-best-part-of-the-art-of-living-is-to-know-how-to-grow-old/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [“In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes--courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, etc.--can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/in-the-alchemy-of-man-s-soul-almost-all-noble-attributes-courage/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/the-act-of-self-denial-seems-to-confer-on-us-the-right-to-be-harsh/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/a-nation-without-dregs-and-malcontents-is-orderly-decent-peaceful-and/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/compassion-alone-stands-apart-from-the-continuous-traffic-between/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/there-are-many-who-find-a-good-alibi-far-more-attractive-than-an/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/a-war-is-not-won-if-the-defeated-enemy-has-not-been-turned-into-a/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/man-is-the-only-creature-that-strives-to-surpass-himself-and-yearns/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

> [This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/this-food-and-shelter-theory-concerning-man-s-efforts-is-without/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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