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

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

Thankful, Blessings, Which

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

Propaganda, Themselves, Does

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, Wonderful, Always

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

Compassion, Good, Within

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. Eric Hoffer

Leader, Practical, Realist

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves. Eric Hoffer

Beginning, Thought, Only

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

Lick, Bite, Kicks

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

Soul, Disappointment, Too

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, Shape

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

Sky, Space, Passionate

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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, Woman, Young Man

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. Eric Hoffer

Difficulty, Head, Forcing

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

Nature, Ability, Introduce

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, Deal, Learned

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer

Strength, Imitation, Weak

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Eric Hoffer

Hatred, Passionate, Give

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, Puppets, Despot

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. Eric Hoffer

Most, Feels, Dissent

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

Happiness, Search, Sources

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

Change, Think, Other

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

Most, Discover, Means

Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. Eric Hoffer

Different, Desire, Perhaps

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action. Eric Hoffer

Thought, Pass, Dispense

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. Eric Hoffer

Reports, Pinch, Enhances

There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. Eric Hoffer

Minds, Meet, Chaste

Children are the keys of paradise. - Eric Hoffer

Children are the keys of paradise. Eric Hoffer

Family, Children, Keys

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