eric hoffer true believer quotes
Though manifestly unfair, this tendency has some justification.
He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.” “Propaganda ... serves more to justify ourselves than to convince others; and the more reason we have to feel guilty, the more fervent our propaganda.”
In all ages men have fought most desperately for beautiful cities yet to be built and gardens yet to be planted.” For the character and destiny of a group are often determined by its inferior elements.” “In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Societies, cultures, and civilizations -- past and present -- are often incomprehensible to outsiders, but the individual's hungers, anxieties, dreams, and preoccupations have remained unchanged through the millenia.” “An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish.
“Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. “Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.
Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness.
We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. “You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” ', 'Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. “The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves.
“There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. Share with your friends. “A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. “It is the individual only who is timeless. “We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. He must be constantly on the lookout for saboteurs, spies and traitors.”
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.” The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. “كلما استحال على الإنسان أن يدعي التفوق لنفسه، كلما سهل عليه يدّعي التفوق لأمته، أو لدينه أو لعرقه، أو لقضيته المقدسة.”
We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. The desire to escape or camouflage their unsatisfactory selves develops in the frustrated a facility for pretending -- for making a show -- and also a readiness to identify themselves wholly with an imposing spectacle.”
Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of It is the only reality in an eternity of nothingness, and he clings to it with shameless despair.” We’d love your help. 23 likes. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.”
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.” They feel our generosity as oppression.” A moral and social philosopher, Eric Hoffer was a sheer genius who is today regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the 20 th century. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.” “You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.” He plots both outside and inside the ranks of the faithful. Enjoy the best Eric Hoffer Quotes at BrainyQuote.
“When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.” “Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. “There is perhaps no surer way of infecting ourselves with virulent hatred toward a person than by doing him a grave injustice.” Quotations by Eric Hoffer, American Writer, Born July 25, 1898. “Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some.
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” “A movement is pioneered by men of words, materialized by fanatics and consolidated by men of action.”
“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.” “Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.”
“لا شيء يعزّز ثقتنا بالنفس ويساعدنا على العيش معها كالقدرة المستمرة على الإبداع: أن نرى الأشياء تنمو وتكبر بين أيدينا يوماً بعد يوم. Eric Hoffer Reality , Faithful , Doctrine We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.” “It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.” And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.”
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. “The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.”
“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.” “إن الذين لا يجدون صعوبة فى خداع انفسهم لا يجدون صعوبة فى خداع الاخرين لهم، ومن ثم فمن السهل اقناعهم وقيادتهم” Back in 1951, Eric Hoffer wrote a brilliant book called The True Believer. We’d love your help.
tags: the-true-believer. “In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists.” “To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. “A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding.
“The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. “The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others.”
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