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Eric Hoffer

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There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.


— Eric Hoffer


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


— Eric Hoffer


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Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.


— Eric Hoffer


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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.


— Eric Hoffer


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


— Eric Hoffer


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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.


— Eric Hoffer


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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.


— Eric Hoffer


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Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.


— Eric Hoffer


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


— Eric Hoffer


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Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.


— Eric Hoffer


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Certainly Europe had undergone a similar destruction of tradition but it had occurred centuries earlier at the end of the Medieval period and produced better results thanks to different circumstances. " He saw these puberty rites as essential for self-esteem and noted that mass movements and juvenile mindsets tend to go together to the point that anyone no matter what age who joins a mass movement immediately begins to exhibit juvenile behavior. Consequently self-loathing produces explosive effects that cannot be mitigated through social engineering schemes such as programs of wealth redistribution.

In 2001 the Eric Hoffer Award was establiEric Hofferd in his honor with permission granted by the Eric Hoffer Estate in 2005. His first book The True Believer publiEric Hofferd in 1951 was widely recognized as a classic receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen although Hoffer believed that his book The Ordeal of Change was his finest work.

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