#our

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

— Eric Hoffer

#blessings #count #enables #hardest #master

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#considerable #extent #faith #holy #lost

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. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#frustration #greater #lack #less #many

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#child #creativeness #his #man #milieu

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

— Eric Hoffer

#beginning #disagreement #only #others #ourselves

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#loudest #ourselves

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#age #busy #learn #left #malady

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#break #heart #his #man #more

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

#attuned #ears #enhances #evil #fellow

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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