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Certain Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of…
- It is a paradox that in our time of drastic rapid change, when the future is in our midst devouring the present before our eyes,…
- You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for…
- To learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think…
- All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they…
- Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to…
- We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
More Certain Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say… — Luis Bunuel
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight -… — Carl von Clausewitz