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Eric Hoffer quotes about feeling

American Writer July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983

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The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else--we are the busiest people in the world. Eric Hoffer
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our..."
We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams. Eric Hoffer
It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the..."
We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a..."
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. Eric Hoffer
The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor."
Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor. Eric Hoffer
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible."
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible. Eric Hoffer

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