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A rising mass movement attracts and holds a following not by its doctrine and promises but by the refuge it offers from the anxieties, barrenness and meaningless of an individual existence. It cures the poignantly frustrated not by conferring upon them an absolute truth or by remedying the difficulties and abuses which made their lives miserable, but by freeing them from their ineffectual selves and it does this by enfolding and absorbing them into a closely knit and exultant corporate whole (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Quite often in history action has been the echo of words. An era of talk was followed by an era of events. The new barbarism of the twentieth century is the echo of words bandied about by brilliant speakers and writers in the second half of the nineteenth (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
It is the fate of every great achievement to be pounced upon by pedants and imitators who drain it of life and turn it into an orthodoxy which stifles all stirrings of originality (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Only the individual who has come to terms with his self can have a dispassionate attitude toward the world (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower than some and higher than others, but as lower than the lowest of mankind. We hate then the whole world, and we would pour our wrath upon the whole of creation (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
A man’s soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted into something specific (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born of selflessness (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The craving to change the world is perhaps a reflection of the craving to change ourselves (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self and begin a new life. They try to realize this desire either by finding a new identity or by blurring and camouflaging their individual distinctness; and both these ends are reached by imitation (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Nature attains perfection, but man never does. There is a perfect ant, a perfect bee, but man is perpetually unfinished. He is both an unfinished animal and an unfinished man. It is this incurable unfinishedness which sets man apart from other living things. For, in the attempt to finish himself, man becomes a creator. Moreover, the incurable unfinishedness keeps man perpetually immature, perpetually capable of learning and growing (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
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 (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, which extols resentment as a fuel of achievement (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
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 (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to learn to become what he is supposed to be (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is that the surrendering and humbling of the self breeds pride and arrogance (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person’s nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Spiritual stagnation ensues when man’s environment becomes unpredictable or when his inner life is made wholly predictable (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in beliefs, ideas and possessions. The sterile radical, too, is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted (Eric Hoffer Quotes)
The technique of a mass movement aims to infect people with a malady and then offer the movement as a cure (Eric Hoffer Quotes)