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

— Eric Hoffer

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A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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

— Eric Hoffer

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

— Eric Hoffer

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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

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Animals often strike us as passionate machines. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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