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Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
American Writer
Born: Jul 25, 1898
Died: May 21, 1983
Become Evil Man Most Own People
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. Eric Hoffer
Loneliness Failure Own House Greater His Than Stranger
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
Man Woman Mother Old Young Misery Nobody Child Young Man Interesting Young Woman Old Man
We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. Eric Hoffer
Knowledge About Open Vehement Most Concerning Least Precise Things
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents. Eric Hoffer
Man Talents His Source Optimal Child Unfolding Capacities Milieu Uniqueness Creativeness Playground
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. Eric Hoffer
Troublemakers Private Cures Public Who Need
It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. Eric Hoffer
Love Needs Hate Immigrants Seems Almost Nobody New Cherish America American Native Native Americans To Love Much
We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. Eric Hoffer
Mind Nothing Consider Reverence Human Human Body Body Human Mind
The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves. Eric Hoffer
Thought Beginning Others Ourselves Only Disagreement Also
It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. Eric Hoffer
Failure New New Forms Pioneer Often Forms Lands Who Expression
Facts are counterrevolutionary. Eric Hoffer
Facts
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. Eric Hoffer
Good Wise Few Living Consists Possible Habits Perhaps Than Acquiring Less Good Habits
It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. Eric Hoffer
Man Opportunities He True Obstacles Most Still Human Holds Turns Uniquely
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. Eric Hoffer
Feeling Pleasant Pleasure Ourselves Worthless Favors Gives Partly Altogether Doing Surprise Us Derive
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. Eric Hoffer
Nature Creativity Randomness Introduce Ability Order
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. Eric Hoffer
Lie Loudest Ourselves
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. Eric Hoffer
Truth Believe Everyday Possession Ourselves Indifferent Only Likely Truths Common
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind. Eric Hoffer
Mind Onto Hang Prejudices
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question. Eric Hoffer
Spell Out Obvious Call Question Often
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. Eric Hoffer
Faith Cause Lost Considerable Ourselves Substitute Holy Extent
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
Passion Thought Action Society Marks Ability Directly Pass Truly Midwife Vigorous Dispense
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer
Kindness Judge Made Become Own Futile Kind Motive Motives Being Deed
Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous. Eric Hoffer
Become Too Monotonous Unpredictability
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are. Eric Hoffer
Become Awareness Must Some Different
Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. Eric Hoffer
Mother Giving Reckless Oneself Having Craving
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing. Eric Hoffer
Frustration Nothing Our One Thing Some Seem More Greater Than Lack Want Much Less Many Thing Things Dissatisfied
Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. Eric Hoffer
Every Be Different Perhaps Intense Intense Desire Different Desire
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