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Matter Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be…
- For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in…
- Nothing so offends the doctrinaire intellectual as our ability to achieve the momentous in a matter-of-fact way, unblessed by words.
- We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.
- Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter.…
- No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments.
- The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.
- To a man utterly without a sense of belonging, mere life is all that matters. It is the only reality in an eternity of nothingness,…
- 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…
- Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or…
- No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it…
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- Be in harmony with the Tao, with the basic principles of creation. To not be in harmony with that flow, no matter… — Frederick Lenz
- Truth Is Always Like Oil In Water. No Matter How Much Of Water You Add, It Always Floats On Top. — Ritu Ghatourey
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Conversation with a friend will only bear good fruit of knowledge when both think only of the matter under consideration and forget… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- It is difficult, it is pleasant. It is true, it is real. You will tell yourself this and many other things based… — Unkown