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Spiritual stagnation ensues when man's environment becomes unpredictable or when his inner life is made wholly predictable.

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The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self and begin a new life. They try to realize this desire either by finding a new identity or by blurring and camouflaging their individual distinctness; and both these ends are reached by imitation.

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There is need for some kind of make-believe in order to face death unflinchingly. To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for.

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When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men.

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Radicalism itself ceases to be radical when absorbed mainly in preserving its control over a society or an economy.

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One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.

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Eric Hoffer

Eric Hoffer

Born: July 25, 1898
Died: May 21, 1983 (aged 84)
Bio: Eric Hoffer was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983.
Known for:
  1. The Ordeal of Change (1963)
  2. The Passionate State of Mind (1955)
  3. Reflections on the Human Condition (1973)
  4. The temper of our time (1967)
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