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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#creativity #into #introduce #nature #order

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#idea #into #mediocrity #original #original idea

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

— Eric Hoffer

#desire #different #every #intense #intense desire

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#failure #forms #lands #new #often

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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Once you get the right image the details aren't that important. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

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There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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