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"Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of"
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Achievement
"Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunities for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Adolescence
"The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Age and Aging
"There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother's keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Brotherhood
"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Compassion
"Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Credulity
"The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with others but also with ourselves."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Dissent
"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."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Ends and Means
"Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Exaggeration
"They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor."
Author:
Eric Hoffer
Category:
Failure
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