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Eric Hoffer quotes about good

American Writer July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983

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There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day; we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Eric Hoffer
Even the sober desire for progress is sustained by faith—faith in the intrinsic goodness of human nature and in the omnipotence of science. It is a defiant and blasphemous faith, not unlike that held by the men who set out to build a "city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven" and who believed that "nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Eric Hoffer
people with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to conserve it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time."
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "Empathy, alone stands apart from the continuous traffic..."
Empathy, alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Eric Hoffer
Practically all writers and artists are aware of their destiny and see themselves as actors in a fateful drama. With me, nothing is momentous: obscure youth, glorious old age, fateful coincidences? nothing really matters. I have written a number of good sentences. I have kept free of delusions. I know I am going to die soon. . Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits..."
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We..."
We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. Eric Hoffer

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