That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.
Interpretation
Inner agreement with prejudice can be damaging to those who are persecuted.
This quote by Eric Hoffer emphasizes the psychological toll that societal prejudice can have on individuals who are persecuted. It suggests that when victims of prejudice begin to internalize the negative beliefs held against them, they suffer a deeper corrosion of their soul, as they may lose their sense of self-worth and identity in the face of such discrimination.
In practice
During a speech on social justice, highlighting the importance of self-acceptance in the face of discrimination.
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question. Social stagnation results not from a lack of answers but from the absence of the impulse to ask questions.
Faith in humanity, in posterity, in the destiny of one's religion, nation, race, party or family-what is it but the visualization of that eternal something to which we attach the self that is about to be annihilated?
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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 credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about.
Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults.
The use of "religion" as an excuse to repress the freedom of expression and to deny human rights is not confined to any country or time.
If there be a God and one has never sought him, it will be small consolation to remember that one could not get proof of his existence.
The Bat that flits at close of Eve_x000D_ _x000D_ Has left the Brain that won't believe._x000D_ _x000D_ The Owl that calls upon the Night_x000D_ _x000D_ Speaks the Unbeliever's fright.
I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel once. I'm bloated with language I canβt afford to forget.
The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is almost now come to that blindness, that whatsoever pleases not the princes and the multitude, the same is rejected as doctrine newly forged, and is condemned for heresy.
I'm not sure I understand how responsibility for our choices makes sense if they are not determined.
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