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Perhaps Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be…
- The main effect of a real revolution is perhaps that it sweeps away those who do not know how to wish, and brings to the…
- 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…
- There is perhaps no better way of measuring the natural endowment of a soul than by its ability to transmute dissatisfaction into a creative impulse.
- However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing.
- A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.
- Without a sense of proportion there can be neither good taste nor genuine intelligence, nor perhaps moral integrity.
- The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.
- Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves.
- The craving to change the world is perhaps a reflection of the craving to change ourselves.
- 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…
- Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and of the poor…
- A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
- Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.
- Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
- 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…
- It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while…
- The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
- A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come
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- In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I… — Chinua Achebe
- It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as… — Francis Bacon
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- Perhaps Communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able… — Mark W. Clark
- Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography… — Mark Twain
- The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk.… — Swami Vivekananda
- When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities which I… — Donald Bradman