"Humility is not renunciation of pride but the……" — Eric Hoffer

"Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another."

— 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.
Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
A ruling intelligentsia, whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, treats the masses as raw material to be experimented on, processed,…
Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own…
To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is…
In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.
Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
The self-despisers are less intent on their own increase than on the diminution of others. Where self-esteem is unobtainable, envy…
There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many…

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the… — Saint Augustine
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist… — Saint Augustine
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?… — Saint Augustine
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. — Saint Augustine
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect… — Jane Austen
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class… — Alfred Austin
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. — Teresa of Avila
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. — Teresa of Avila
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's… — Teresa of Avila
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too. — Teresa of Avila
To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. — Teresa of Avila

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