"There is apparently no surer way of turning……" — Eric Hoffer
"There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it"
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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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In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act…
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Apparently, I get facials and manicures all the time. I read this and think, 'Oh, I wish I did that!'…
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I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a bit more socially acceptable over…
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Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.
— Louis D. Brandeis
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Apparently we love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else's.
— Joe Bob Briggs
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Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what…
— Deborah Bull
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Apparently there are some Democratic leaders in the Senate that are running for office who now believe in tax cuts.
— Jeb Bush
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I had written the script for Juno and apparently Steven Spielberg had read it. I can't just call him Steven,…
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Apparently, union bosses are so distraught about declining enrollments they will stoop to exploiting illegal workers. There is no doubt…
— Lamar S. Smith
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The Silurian Period-the grandest of all the Periods,-and, as yet, apparently the seed-time of all succeeding life.
— Unknown Author
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According to the teaching of our Lord, what is wrong with the world is precisely that it does not believe…
— John Baillie
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Once you make the unequivocal internal commitment to do something - when you absolutely know this is the time and…
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