"It is the child in man that is……" — Eric Hoffer
"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents."
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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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More Capacities Quotes
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Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication…
— Lois Capps
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Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred…
— Herbert Spencer
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Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to…
— George Gaylord Simpson
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The problem that has no name-which is simply the fact that American women are kept from growing to their full…
— Betty Friedan
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Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching…
— Hugh Mackay
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Dreaming illustrates your hidden capacities and your unawakened ability.
— Peter J. Daniels
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As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill…
— Jon Kabat-Zinn
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After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people -…
— Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary…
— Eric Hoffer
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Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not…
— Ken Robinson
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Helping people to connect with their personal creative capacities is the surest way to release the best they have to…
— Ken Robinson
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People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom…
— Eric Hoffer
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