"It is often the failure who is the……" — Eric Hoffer
"It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression."
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462 Quotes by Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer has 462 quotes on this site.
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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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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both…
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I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel…
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One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
— Diane Ackerman
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
— Ansel Adams
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
— Ansel Adams
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
— Ansel Adams
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If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own…
— Bruce Barton
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I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations…
— Mario Batali
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Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
— Jane Addams
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I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.
— Alan Bennett
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