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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, World, Cheating, Feeling, Missing

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. - Eric Hoffer

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. Eric Hoffer

People, Hand, Bite, Lick, Kicks, Boot

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

Nature, Men, Human Nature, Angels, Turn

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. - Eric Hoffer

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. Eric Hoffer

People, Propaganda, Deceive, Themselves

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer

Thankful, Blessings, Master, Us, Count

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

Change, Learning, World, Earth, Find

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

Nature, Creativity, Order, Introduce

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

Good, Alone, Compassion, Good And Evil

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

Hope, Soul, Disappointment, Too Much

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. Eric Hoffer

Lie, Loudest, Ourselves

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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. Eric Hoffer

You, Enemy, Discover, Observing, Most

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. - Eric Hoffer

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

Future, Power, Way, Predict, Only, Shape

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

Experience, Stem, Sinners, Many, Saint

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

Evil, Ugly, Hide, Emptiness, Us, Up

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, Passionate, Back

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer

Strength, Weak, Imitation, Rudeness

It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt. Eric Hoffer

Suffering, People, Better, Taste, Things

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. Eric Hoffer

Power, Evil, Weak, Sense, Promise, Often

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time. Eric Hoffer

Good, Time, Man, Great, Luck, Good Luck

A man by himself is in bad company. Eric Hoffer

Man, Company, Bad, Himself

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat. Eric Hoffer

Balance, Action, Swinging, Bottom, Arms

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. Eric Hoffer

Destiny, Mission, Feeling, Awareness

It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. Eric Hoffer

Love, Hate, America, Cherish, New, Needs

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer

Kindness, Kind, Become, Own, Made, Being

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, Playground, Talents, Source

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, Visionary, Must

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