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Impulses Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can be transmuted into…
- The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness…
- Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
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- My deepest impulses are optimistic; an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary and proper as it is intellectually suspect. — Ellen Willis
- In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can… — Eric Hoffer
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