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Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
American Writer
Born: Jul 25, 1898
Died: May 21, 1983
Become Evil Man Most Own People
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer
Master Our Count Arithmetic Blessings Enables Which Us Hardest
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. Eric Hoffer
People Kicks Bite Boot Lick Feeds Hand Them Who
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. Eric Hoffer
People Propaganda Merely Does Deceive Them Themselves Helps
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 Longer Beautifully Learned Learners Deal Equipped Exists Times While Themselves Inherit
Children are the keys of paradise. Eric Hoffer
Paradise Keys Children
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. Eric Hoffer
Lie Power Those Possession Lies Only Prophecy Prophesy Absolute Absolute Power True Come Also Make
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 World Cheating Feeling Someone Something He Missing Him Always Wonderful Feeling Who Right Thinks
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. Eric Hoffer
Hope Disappointment Soul Too Much Expectation Too Sort Bankruptcy Much
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer
Strength Rudeness Imitation Weak
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. Eric Hoffer
Happiness Sources Chief Unhappiness Search
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. Eric Hoffer
You Enemy Fears He Observing Most Discover Frighten Means Your Uses
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer
Kindness Made Become Own Kind Motive Being
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Eric Hoffer
Life Hatred Give Purpose Empty Passionate Meaning
We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire. Eric Hoffer
Free Fire Feel Escape Even Pan
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
God Space Sky Somewhere Stars Back Our Drawn Outer Outer Space Came Passionate Impulse Where Preoccupation
The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. Eric Hoffer
Language Leader Visionary Must Idealist Talk Practical Realist
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
Evil Men Power Our Ears Penetrating About Seems Remarkable Idea Fellow Fellow Men Attuned Opinion How How Much Pinch Malice Reports Wonderfully Much Enhances
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. Eric Hoffer
Forcing Difficulty Rubbish Head Stuffed Empty Anything Really Hence
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. Eric Hoffer
Faith Religion Intolerance Must Find Know His Brand Person Listen Profession Need
The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. Eric Hoffer
Water Wine Mediocrity He Idea Real Antichrist Turns Who Original Original Idea
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Eric Hoffer
People Free Other Imitate Please Each
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. Eric Hoffer
Love Humanity Easier Neighbor Than To Love Whole
The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person. Eric Hoffer
Mind Evil Every More Than Person Suspicious Formidable Doubts Believes Lurking
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
Hide Ugly Evil Our Pretenses Something Emptiness Greatest Built Up The Hardest Thing Us Hardest Hardest Thing Thing
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
Will Minority Free Dissent Only Feels Most Majority Impose
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. Eric Hoffer
Teacher Time Age Young Busy Our No Time Learn Malady Left Us Teaching
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