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Against Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature.
- One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in…
- However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us.
- Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty…
- A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of…
- That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.
- When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition…
- In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final…
- Friendship Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe it anyway. A real friend never gets in your…
- The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than…
- The most effective way to silence our guilty conscience is to convince ourselves and others that those we have sinned against are indeed depraved creatures,…
- The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American.is…
- 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…
- No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner…
- However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the…
More Against Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. — Miguel de Cervantes
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I… — Teresa of Avila