Eric Hoffer Quotes
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We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.
[Hope]
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We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.
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We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.
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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
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What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
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When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.
[Boredom]
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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.
[Imitation]
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When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
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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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Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
[Miracles]
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Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
[Enemies]
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You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.
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