To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
Quote by Eric Hoffer
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To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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Eric Hoffer Quotes
- Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
- 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.
- The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
- Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
- 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.
- The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
- There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
- The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
- Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.
- Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Best Quotes
- There's the best of politics in your home; room and on your bed.
- In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
- When a scientist is ahead of his times, it is often through misunderstanding of current, rather than intuition of future truth. In science there is never any error so gross that it won't one day, from some perspective, appear prophetic.
- I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
- I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.
- The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of God's mercy to me.
- My wife, whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious, she'll say, 'Remember, have fun.' Oh, I forgot, thanks for the reminder. Because sometimes we do forget. We take it all too seriously and there's a lot of joy to be had wherever you are.
- If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.
- There are times, like after a long day of work, when the thought of an easy drive-through is enticing. But then I remember how crappy I felt when I ate fast food in the past, and it inspires me to head to the grocery store or my local farmer's market and whip up an easy but healthier option.
- Honor bespeaks worth. Confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction. Cooperation proves the quality of leadership.