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There is probably an element of malice in the readiness to overestimate people: we are laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.
(Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher. Reflections on the Human Condition, aph. 129 (1973).)
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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
(Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher. The Passionate State of Mind, aph. 123 (1955).)
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When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it.
(Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher. Reflections on the Human Condition, aph. 8 (1973).)
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We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.
(Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher. The Passionate State of Mind, aph. 232 (1955).)
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The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, man's greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities.
(Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher. New York Times (July 21, 1969).)
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Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
(Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher. The Passionate State of Mind, aphorism 217 (1955).)
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The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped for dealing with the unknown. The unlearned have often rushed in where the learned feared to tread, and it is the credulous who are tempted to attempt the impossible. They know not whither they are going, and give chance a chance.
(Eric Hoffer (1902-1983), U.S. philosopher. Reflections on the Human Condition, aph. 124 (1973).)
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