Anger is the prelude to courage. #EricHoffer
Anger is the prelude to courage. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Aug 26, 2022
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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents. #EricHoffer
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"When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored." Eric Hoffer
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"Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil." Eric Hoffer
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"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other." Eric Hoffer
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"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings." Eric Hoffer
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"People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them." Eric Hoffer
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"Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket." Eric Hoffer
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"We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves." Eric Hoffer
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"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." Eric Hoffer
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"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation." Eric Hoffer
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"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
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"It was not sheer hypocrisy when the rank-and-file Nazis declared themselves not guilty of all the enormities they had committed. They considered themselves cheated and maligned... Had they not joined the Nazi movement in order to be free from responsibility?" Eric Hoffer
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"It was not sheer hypocrisy when the rank-and-file Nazis declared themselves not guilty of all the enormities they had committed. They considered themselves cheated and maligned... Had they not joined the Nazi movement in order to be free from responsibility?" Eric Hoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 23, 2022
"We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, 'to be free from freedom.'" Eric Hoffer
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"Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual?" Eric Hoffer
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"We acquire a sense of worth either by realizing our talents, or by keeping busy, or by identifying ourselves with something apart from us--be it a cause, a leader, a group, possessions and the like. Of the three, the path of self-realization is the most difficult." Eric Hoffer
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"We acquire a sense of worth either by realizing our talents, or by keeping busy, or by identifying ourselves with something apart from us--be it a cause, a leader, a group, possessions and the like. Of the three, the path of self-realization is the most difficult." Eric Hoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 27, 2022