Eric Hoffer Quotes
Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor. Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith. The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves. The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. The greatest weariness comes from work not done. The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself. The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. 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. The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. 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. The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person. The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop. There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.
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