Eric Hoffer

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There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.

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most , passions , shrinking

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Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

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rudeness , weak , imitation

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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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faith

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A man by himself is in bad company.

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man , himself , bad

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Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.

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specific

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There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.

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chaste , minds , wherever

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Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt.

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actual , suffering , hope , better , things

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You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.

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never , get , enough

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Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.

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where , everything , possible

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In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

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change

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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

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fear

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Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.

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far , more , crucial

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Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.

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many , insights , saint , stem , his

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What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?

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greater , reassurance , weak

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Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.

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every , intense , desire

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We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

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reverence , human , consider

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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

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fear

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We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.

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feel , free , escape

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We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

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really , feel , grateful , toward , those

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We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.

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dreams

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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

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absolutely , certain , only , things

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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

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talent , creates , own , sometimes , seems

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We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

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more , prone , generalize

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We are made kind by being kind.

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made , kind , being

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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

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knowledge

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.

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private , troublemakers , who

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Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.

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become

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Treasure the memories of past misfortunes; they constitute our bank of fortitude.

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treasure , memories , past , constitute , our

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To the old, the new is usually bad news.

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new , bad

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To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

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spell , out , obvious

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Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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