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Others Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy takes the place of greed.
- However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us.
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others…
- Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
- Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty…
- We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that…
- Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.
- 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…
- It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
- The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.
- Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
- You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for…
- We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
- 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…
- Propaganda ... serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda.
- 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.
- Friendship Never explain -- your friends do not need it, and your enemies will not believe it anyway. A real friend never gets in your…
- Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a…
- The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.
More Others Quotes
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best,… — John C. Maxwell
- Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. — Dalai Lama
- Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by… — Swami Vivekananda
- Its better to cry then to be angry. As anger hurt others. Whereas when we cry no one gets hurt. And crying… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Be yourself no matter how hard it is. Some people will love you some will hate you. Don't give a shit to… — Anurag Prakash Ray