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Means Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our…
- A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.
- Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
- 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.…
- Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together…
- The vigor of a mass movement stems from the propensity of its followers for united action and self-sacrifice. When we ascribe the success of a…
- You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
- We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to…
- The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few…
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