"The craving to change the world is perhaps……" — Eric Hoffer

"The craving to change the world is perhaps a reflection of the craving to change ourselves."

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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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More Change Quotes

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Change in all things is sweet. — Aristotle
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be… — Aristotle
Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from… — Billie Joe Armstrong
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about… — Karen Armstrong
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in… — David Attenborough
Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our… — David Attenborough
It's coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so. It's not just climate change; it's sheer space,… — David Attenborough
We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also… — David Attenborough
Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. — Dean Acheson
Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius

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