Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
Quote by Eric Hoffer
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Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
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Eric Hoffer Quotes
- Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.
- Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
- In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
- We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.
- Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
- To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
- 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 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.
- To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
Best Quotes
- Knowledge is a beautiful thing, but there are a few things I wish I didn't know.
- Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.
- Music is my religion.
- We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
- The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment. They express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.
- There is much to dislike about President Obama's approach to the financial crisis. But opposition, it seems, will have to come from somewhere other than conservatism. The party out of power is also a party out of touch.
- A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that 'individuality' is the key to success.
- I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
- It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
- I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.