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Motives Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Totalitarianism spells simplification: an enormous reduction in the variety of aims, motives, interests, human types, and, above all, in the categories and units of power.
- There is no reason why humanity cannot be served equally by weighty and trivial motives.
- 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…
- It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
- Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
- It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives.…
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