Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Eric Hoffer quotes, Eric Hoffer sayings, and Eric Hoffer proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.Eric Hoffer
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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
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Sensuality reconciles us with the human race. The misanthropy of the old is due in large part to the fading of the magic glow of desire.Eric Hoffer
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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
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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
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There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper.Eric Hoffer
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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.Eric Hoffer
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Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.Eric Hoffer
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Sensuality reconciles us with the human race. The misanthropy of the old is due in large part to the fading of the magic glow of desire.Eric Hoffer
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Spiritual stagnation ensues when man's environment becomes unpredictable or when his inner life is made wholly predictable.Eric Hoffer
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To a man utterly without a sense of belonging, mere life is all that matters. It is the only reality in an eternity of nothingness, and he clings to it with shameless despair.Eric Hoffer
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There is no alienation that a little power will not cure.Eric Hoffer
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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.Eric Hoffer
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Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we havEric Hoffer
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There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.Eric Hoffer
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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
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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
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We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.Eric Hoffer
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To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced lack of sensitivity in underestimating (ourselves and others) than in overestimating.Eric Hoffer
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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.Eric Hoffer
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Those who are in love with the present can be cruel and corrupt but not genuinely vicious. They cannot be methodically and consistently ruthless.Eric Hoffer
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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.Eric Hoffer
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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.Eric Hoffer
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To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is to blunt our hatred for him.Eric Hoffer
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.Eric Hoffer
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Children are the keys of paradise.Eric Hoffer
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The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is, rather, born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life.Eric Hoffer
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.Eric Hoffer
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The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor.Eric Hoffer
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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.Eric Hoffer