"To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more……" — Eric Hoffer
"To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility."
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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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To say that 'I will not be free till all humans (or all sentient creatures) are free' is simply to…
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We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I…
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Like it or not, everything is changing. The result will be the most wonderful experience in the history of man…
— Milton William Cooper
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Will you not covet such power as this, and seek such throne as this, and be no more housewives, but…
— John Ruskin
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The world today is made, it is powered by science; and for any man to abdicate an interest in science…
— Jacob Bronowski
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A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons…
— Marlene Dietrich
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I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of…
— Joe Manchin
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Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his…
— Marshall McLuhan
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To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate…
— Ayn Rand
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know,…
— Pat Robertson
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I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to…
— Wallis Simpson
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Conversations are efforts toward good relations. They are an elementary form of reciprocity. They are the exercise of our love…
— Barry Lopez
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