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Something Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden.
- 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…
- 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…
- They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than…
- Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self…
- Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine,…
- Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something…
- Intolerance is the ''Do Not Touch'' sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not…
- We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something…
- It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the…
- In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.
- Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart. For we can win a man's…
- A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted into something specific.
- The genuine creator creates something that has a life of its own, something that can exist and function without him. This is true not only…
- It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for,they do not feel like fighting.
- The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his…
- Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is…
- The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor…
- When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for.…
- Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. — J. J. Abrams