Quote by Eric Hoffer
The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with other

The beginning of thought is in disagreement — not only with others but also with ourselves. – Eric Hoffer

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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. – Eric Hoffer

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power
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Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented. – Eric Hoffer

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But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves. – George Eliot

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I stood among them, but not of them; in a shroud of thoughts which were not their thoughts. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. – Sigmund Freud

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If we confuse dissent with disloyalty – Edward R. Murrow

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The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God. – Robert Burns

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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. – Abraham Lincoln

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And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total? – Tillie Olsen

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Im not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, Ill be funny in real life. Its the inevitable disappointment of meeting me. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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