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

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Brand Faith Find His Intolerance Know Listen Must Need Person Profession Religion

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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Actual Better Better Things Excites People Revolt Suffering Taste Things Which

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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Arithmetic Blessings Count Enables Hardest Master Our Us Which

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Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Be Different Desire Different Every Intense Perhaps

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The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Also Beginning Disagreement Only Others Ourselves Thought

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

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Awareness Become Different Must Some

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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.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Back Came Drawn God Impulse Our Outer Outer Space Passionate Preoccupation Sky Somewhere Space Stars Where

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Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Adjustment Crisis Every New Self-Esteem

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A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Almost Grievance Most Poignant

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Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.

~Eric Hoffer

Topics: Become Monotonous Too Unpredictability

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: July 25th, 1898

Died: May 21st, 1983

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