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“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”

Eric Hoffer · Happiness

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Eric Hoffer

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

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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.

Men

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To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Faith

Eric Hoffer

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

Experience