"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where……" — Eric Hoffer
"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless."
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Eric Hoffer
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462 Quotes by Eric Hoffer
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In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.
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Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed,…
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Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own…
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To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is…
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In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
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Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
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The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy…
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There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
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We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many…
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Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.
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Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic. This is a most searching and true diagnosis. Gratitude can be…
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Revolutionary war is an antitoxin which not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.
— Mao Zedong
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In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on…
— Eric Hoffer
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Revolutionary war is an antitoxin that not only eliminates the enemy's poison but also purges us of our own filth.…
— Mao Zedong
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Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.
— Eric Hoffer
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This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work…
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