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A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.
Eric Hoffer
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Eric Hoffer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1898
Born: July 25
Died: 1983
Died: May 21
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New York City
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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.
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Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.
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The effectiveness of a doctrine does not come from its meaning but from its certitude. No doctrine however profound and sublime will be effective unless it is presented as the embodiment of the one and only truth
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They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society.
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We clamor for equality chiefly in matters in which we ourselves cannot hope to obtain excellence.
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The rule seems to be that those who find no difficulty in deceiving themselves are easily deceived by others. They are easily persuaded and led.
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Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.
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To be aware how fruitful the playful mood can be is to be immune to the propaganda of the alienated, which extols resentment as a fuel of achievement.
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Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.
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