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Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
Eric Hoffer
Crisis
Self
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
Being
Deed
Kindness
Motive
Motives
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
Eric Hoffer
Love
Humanity
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
Eric Hoffer
Power
Evil
Promise
Sense
It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.
Eric Hoffer
Death
Living
Praise
It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.
Eric Hoffer
Love
America
Americans
Hate
Native Americans
Needs
In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer
Change
Earth
World
In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer
Change
Time
Future
World
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
Eric Hoffer
Mind
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
Eric Hoffer
Want
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
Eric Hoffer
Life
Purpose
Hatred
Meaning
Facts are counterrevolutionary.
Eric Hoffer
Facts
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
Eric Hoffer
People
Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.
Eric Hoffer
Desire
Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
Eric Hoffer
Self