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Only Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than…
- We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need…
- A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of…
- Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards…
- The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into…
- The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.
- In a modern society people can live without hope only when kept dazed and out of breath by incessant hustling.
- We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
- A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots and…
- People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also…
- A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.
- The real "haves" are they who can acquire freedom, self-confidence, and even riches without depriving others of them. They acquire all of these by developing…
- In human affairs every solution serves only to sharpen the problem, to show us more clearly what we are up against. There are no final…
- Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.
- We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us.
- The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless…
- No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments.
- Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.
- The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.
- We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.
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