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Ideas Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome.
- The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
- A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood…
- Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in…
- The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.
- 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…
- The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the…
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