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Quotes by Eric Hoffer

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people fro ... Read Full Quote
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observin ... Read Full Quote
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evi ... Read Full Quote
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himsel ... Read Full Quote
If a society is to preserve stability and a degree of c ... Read Full Quote
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in questio ... Read Full Quote
A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us fr ... Read Full Quote
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a sub ... Read Full Quote
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the m ... Read Full Quote
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices w ... Read Full Quote
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil ofte ... Read Full Quote
Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms ... Read Full Quote
Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by elim ... Read Full Quote
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make ... Read Full Quote
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. ... Read Full Quote
The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we ar ... Read Full Quote
There would be no society if living together depended u ... Read Full Quote
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must ... Read Full Quote
Woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not c ... Read Full Quote
When people are free to do as they please, they usually ... Read Full Quote
In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inh ... Read Full Quote
America is still the best country for the common man -- ... Read Full Quote
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know ... Read Full Quote
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love o ... Read Full Quote
The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposefu ... Read Full Quote
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanati ... Read Full Quote
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is ... Read Full Quote
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. ... Read Full Quote
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power ... Read Full Quote
It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it beco ... Read Full Quote