221 ordspråk av Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer föddes den July 25th 1902 och dog den 21 May 1983 - US writer
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 No matter how noble the objective of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion - it is an evil government |
| No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are. |
| No one has a right to happiness |
| Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. |
| Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world. |
| One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action /the ability to pass directly from thought to action. |
| Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of |
| Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny. |
| Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing. |
| 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. |
| Our greatest weariness comes from work not done |
| Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. |
| Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart. |
| Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. |
| People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. |
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