All Eric Hoffer Quotes
The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
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It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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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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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
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The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.
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It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
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A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
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A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.
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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
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