The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
~ Eric Hoffer

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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem.
~ Eric Hoffer

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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
~ Eric Hoffer

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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
~ Eric Hoffer

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A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.
~ Eric Hoffer

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If anybody asks me what I have accomplished, I will say all I have accomplished is that I have written a few good sentences.
~ Eric Hoffer

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There is not an idea that cannot be expressed in 200 words. But the writer must know precisely what he wants to say.
~ Eric Hoffer

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Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas.
~ Eric Hoffer

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Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment.
~ Eric Hoffer

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