"The world leans on us. When we sag,……" — Eric Hoffer
"The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop."
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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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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
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In general, the more food we eat in its natural state - without additives - and the less it is…
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Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a…
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Compared to America or Europe, God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who…
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