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Thus Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- 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…
- To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our…
- Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of…
- The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common…
- 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…
- The birth of the new constitutes a crisis, and its mastery calls for a crude and simple cast of mind -- the mind of a…
- In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and…
- It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.
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- Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the… — C.S. Lewis
- In any activity, we have to know what to expect, how to reach our objectives and what capacity we possess for the… — Paulo Coelho
- In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society… — Karl Marx
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- We have no right to pick out all that is noblest and fairest in man, to project these qualities into space, and… — Annie Besant
- Clairvoyants can see flashes of colour, constantly changing, in the aura that surrounds every person: each thought, each feeling, thus translating itself… — Annie Besant