It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. What we know as blind faith is sustained by innumerable unbeliefs.
~ Eric Hoffer
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All social disturbances and upheavals have their roots in crises of individual self-esteem, and the great endeavor in which the masses most readily unite is basically a search for pride.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. There can be no mass movement without some deliberate misrepresentation of facts.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self.
~ Eric Hoffer
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The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow men. Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Capitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment.
~ Eric Hoffer
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It is true that when pride releases energies and serves as a spur to achievement, it can lead to a reconciliation with the self and the attainment of genuine self-esteem.
~ Eric Hoffer
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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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Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.
~ Eric Hoffer
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The capacity to resist coercion stems partly from the individual’s identification with a group.
~ Eric Hoffer
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