When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is the elimination or neutralization of the independent individual- the independent voter, consumer, worker, owner, thinker- and that every device they employ aims at turning men into a manipulable animated instrument which is Aristotle's definition of a slave.
A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life - Eric Hoffer
A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life
- Eric Hoffer
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. - Eric Hoffer
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers. - Eric Hoffer
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
We cannot hate those who we despise. - Eric Hoffer
We cannot hate those who we despise.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. - Eric Hoffer
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations. - Eric Hoffer
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
All mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming … - Eric Hoffer
All mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming …
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. - Eric Hoffer
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a ma… - Eric Hoffer
I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a ma…
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