"Unless a man has the talents to make……" — Eric Hoffer
"Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden."
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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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Small-business people do not want to have more than 50 employees, because that's when all the regulatory burden of Obamacare…
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest…
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.
— David Bailey
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What Democrats haven't focused on are the kind of policies that would promote economic growth - such as making permanent…
— Bob Beauprez
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The fellowship of true friends who can hear you out, share your joys, help carry your burdens, and correctly counsel…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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Too often the pressure for popularity, on children and teens, places an economic burden on the income of the father,…
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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet…
— John Berger
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The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight…
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The most powerful person is he who is able to do least himself and burden others most with the things…
— Theodor Adorno
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'Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.' Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We…
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