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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy -- the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
ERIC HOFFER, The Passionate State of Mind
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
ERIC HOFFER, Power Quotes to Energize Your Life
Nature has no compassion. Nature accepts no excuses and the only punishment it knows is death.
ERIC HOFFER, Reflections on the Human Condition
The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new—whether it be the settlement of new lands or the initiation of new ways of life—is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its rear. It is the misfits, failures, fugitives, outcasts and their like who are among the first to grapple with the new.
ERIC HOFFER, The Passionate State of Mind
Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
ERIC HOFFER, The Passionate State of Mind
In times of profound change, the learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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