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Eric Hoffer Quotes

«The chemistry of dissatisfaction is as the chemistry of some marvelously potent tar. In it are the building stones of explosives, stimulants, poisons, opiates, perfumes and stenches.»
«But I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | About: Prejudice, Safety | Keywords: testicle, testicles
«Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | About: Mountains | Keywords: technical
«Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole, eternal truth»
«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.»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | Keywords: hater, haters, puppet
«Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | About: War | Keywords: passionate
«To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | About: Knowledge | Keywords: brand, intolerance, profession
«In the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | About: Chance | Keywords: respond, shaping
«Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others»
«Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | Keywords: deceive, propaganda

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