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Often Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
- One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in…
- A peculiar side of credulity is that it is often joined with a proneness to imposture. The association of believing and lying is not characteristic…
- 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…
- We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But…
- Imitation is often a shortcut to a solution. We copy when we lack the inclination, the ability or the time to work out an independent…
- It is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the market place and…
- Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.
- The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft.
- Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
- Quite often in history action has been the echo of words. An era of talk was followed by an era of events. The new barbarism…
- The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What…
- When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a…
- We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.
- Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over…
- 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…
- Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to…
- Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
- It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
- It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
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