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Eric Hoffer quotes about nature

American Writer July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983

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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
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she..."
Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer quote: "Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the..."
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. Eric Hoffer
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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