37 quotes by Eric Hoffer

“Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.” — Eric Hoffer

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“The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.” — Eric Hoffer

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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.” — Eric Hoffer

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“In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” — Eric Hoffer

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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.” — Eric Hoffer

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“It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.” — Eric Hoffer

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“We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.” — Eric Hoffer

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“There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.” — Eric Hoffer

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“It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.” — Eric Hoffer

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“To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.” — Eric Hoffer

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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.” — Eric Hoffer

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“The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.” — Eric Hoffer

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“The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.” — Eric Hoffer

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“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.” — Eric Hoffer

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“It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.” — Eric Hoffer

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“We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.” — Eric Hoffer

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“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.” — Eric Hoffer

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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.” — Eric Hoffer

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“Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.” — Eric Hoffer

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