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Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves."

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity."

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.




Eric Hoffer Quotes: "I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind."

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac."

I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.




Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person."

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys."

We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature."

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.




Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity."

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed."

When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay."

It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us."

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "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."

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.




Eric Hoffer Quotes: "A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life"

A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscape."

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscape.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength."

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do."

The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life."

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "It takes a vice to check a vice, and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices."

It takes a vice to check a vice, and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are."

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government."

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future."

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."

Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business."

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life."

Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future."

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist."

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others."

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive."

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life."

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them."

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head."

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person."

The true believer, no matter how rowdy and violent his acts, is basically an obedient and submissive person.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor."

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about."

Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that what he craves most is self-forgetting."

Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that what he craves most is self-forgetting.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness."

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words."

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other."

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something."

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 Quotes: "What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds."

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind."

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 Quotes: "Children are the keys of paradise."

Children are the keys of paradise.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail."

There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.



Eric Hoffer Quotes: "A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed."

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.