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Eric Hoffer Quotes
American
-
Writer
July 25
, 1898 -
May 21
, 1983
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
Eric Hoffer
Trust
,
Cheating
,
World
,
Someone
,
Feeling
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
Eric Hoffer
New
,
Crisis
,
Self-Esteem
,
Adjustment
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
Eric Hoffer
Kindness
,
Own
,
Kind
,
Become
,
Being
,
Made
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer
Thankful
,
Blessings
,
Hardest
,
Us
,
Master
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
Eric Hoffer
Hope
,
Soul
,
Disappointment
,
Expectation
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
Eric Hoffer
People
,
Propaganda
,
Deceive
,
Them
,
Does
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
Eric Hoffer
Leader
,
Language
,
Talk
,
Realist
,
Must
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
Eric Hoffer
Head
,
Empty
,
Anything
,
Difficulty
,
Hence
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
Eric Hoffer
Nature
,
Creativity
,
Ability
,
Order
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
Eric Hoffer
Man
,
Child
,
Uniqueness
,
Playground
,
His
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
Eric Hoffer
People
,
Hand
,
Who
,
Bite
,
Them
,
Lick
The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.
Eric Hoffer
Mind
,
Evil
,
Person
,
More
,
Than
,
Doubts
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
Eric Hoffer
Kindness
,
Judge
,
Own
,
Kind
,
Become
,
Made
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
Eric Hoffer
Good
,
Time
,
Man
,
Great
,
Good Luck
,
Die
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
Learning
,
Change
,
World
,
Earth
,
Find
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
Eric Hoffer
Ugly
,
Evil
,
Hide
,
Emptiness
,
Hardest
,
Us
Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.
Eric Hoffer
Stars
,
Sky
,
God
,
Space
,
Back
,
Somewhere
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.
Eric Hoffer
Mother
,
Man
,
Woman
,
Child
,
Nobody
,
Young
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
Eric Hoffer
Future
,
Power
,
Way
,
Only
,
Predict
,
Shape
A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.
Eric Hoffer
Most
,
Almost
,
Grievance
,
Poignant
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.
Eric Hoffer
Eyes
,
Reflection
,
People
,
Escape
,
See
Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.
Eric Hoffer
Become
,
Too
,
Unpredictability
Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.
Eric Hoffer
Mother
,
Giving
,
Craving
,
Reckless
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
Eric Hoffer
Power
,
Lie
,
True
,
Only
,
Come
,
Make
We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
Eric Hoffer
Fire
,
Feel
,
Free
,
Escape
,
Even
,
Pan
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
Eric Hoffer
Good
,
Alone
,
Compassion
,
Evil
,
Traffic
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