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Only the individual who has co...

Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world.

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In every passionate pursuit, t...

In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued.

Eric Hoffer 868 quotes

When the Greeks said, 'Whom t...

When the Greeks said, 'Whom the gods love die young,' they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored by the gods stay young till the day they die; young and playful.

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The taint inherent in absolute...

The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its antihumanity.

Eric Hoffer 868 quotes

When the weak want to give an ...

When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

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The less justified a man is in...

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

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There are many who find the bu...

There are many who find the burdens, the anxiety, and the isolation of an individual existence unbearable. This is particularly true when the opportunities for self-advancement are relatively meager, and one's individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for. Such persons sooner or later turn their backs on an individual existence and strive to acquire a sense of worth and a purpose by an identification with a holy cause, a leader, or a movement. The faith and pride they derive from such an identifica

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Thus we find that people who f...

Thus we find that people who fail in everyday affairs show a tendency to reach out for the impossible. They become responsive to grandiose schemes, and will display unequaled steadfastness, formidable energies and a special fitness in the performance of tasks which would stump superior people. It seems paradoxical that defeat in dealing with the possible should embolden people to attempt the impossible, but a familiarity with the mentality of the weak reveals that what seems a path of daring is actually an easy way o

Eric Hoffer 868 quotes

It is part of the formidablene...

It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral sense which cramps and restrains our nature.

Eric Hoffer 868 quotes

Rudeness is the weak man's imi...

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

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Rudeness luxuriates in the abs...

Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.

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The less satisfaction we deriv...

The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.

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The short-lived self, teeterin...

The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.

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The capacity for getting along...

The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.

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You accept certain unlovely th...

You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.

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We can never really be prepare...

We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs inordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.

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Self-righteousness is a manife...

Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.

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It is not love of self but hat...

It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.

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Lack of sensitivity is perhaps...

Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves.

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It is the acquisition of skill...

It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills, the survival of the species has depended on the ability to acquire and perfect skills. Hence the mastery of skills is a uniquely human activity and yields deep satisfaction.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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