Eric Hoffer

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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
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.
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

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