"Starting out from the fact that the frustrated……" — Eric Hoffer
"Starting out from the fact that the frustrated predominate among the early adherents of all mass movements and that they usually join of their own accord, it is assumed: 1) that frustration of itself, without any proselytizing prompting from the outside, can generate most of the peculiar characteristics of the true believer; 2) that an effective technique of conversion consists basically in the inculcation and fixation of proclivities and responses indigenous to the frustrated mind."
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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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If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his…
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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner…
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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the…
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We do not draw conclusions with our eyes, but with our reasoning powers, and if the whole of the rest…
— August Weismann
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All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved…
— John Cassian
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Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our…
— Ole Hallesby
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From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer…
— John Mott
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I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer…
— Charles Spurgeon
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This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.
— James Weldon Johnson
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Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight...…
— Sun Tzu
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Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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