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Eric Hoffer Quotes

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
Eric Hoffer

Biography

Author Profession: Writer
Nationality: American
Born: July 25, 1902
Died: May 21, 1983

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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.
Eric Hoffer

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

To the old, the new is usually bad news.
Eric Hoffer

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
Eric Hoffer

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
Eric Hoffer

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
Eric Hoffer

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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Words

Dissatisfied, Frustration, Greater, Lack, Less, Many, More, Much, Nothing, Our, Seem, Some, Than, Thing, Things, Want

Definitions

Dissatisfied, Frustration, Lack, Less, Many, More, Much, Nothing, Our, Seem, Some, Than, Thing, Want