"The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.……" — Eric Hoffer
"The majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life."
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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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No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without…
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O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
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One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and…
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If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you…
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The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.
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I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their…
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I've been to almost every country in the world, and the most frustrating thing for me has been that my…
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Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've…
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When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.
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I'm always busy, but I'm lazy as well.
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