All Eric Hoffer Quotes
Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
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Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.
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There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.
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The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.
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Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.
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The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.
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Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.
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