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

Eric Hoffer

Giving

Thieving

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.

Eric Hoffer

Awareness

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

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

To the old, the new is usually bad news.

Eric Hoffer

News

Old

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

Fear

Forget

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

Eric Hoffer

Knowledge

Open

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

Talent

Desire

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

Eric Hoffer

Dreams

Ruin

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

Eric Hoffer

Failure

Loneliness

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