Quote by Eric Hoffer
Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause,

Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a search for a plot and a pattern in the development of his life story — a story that is basically without meaning or pattern. – Eric Hoffer

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To know a persons religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. – Eric Hoffer

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Faith
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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past. – Eric Hoffer

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Future
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Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains. – Eric Hoffer

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Other Quotes from
Storytelling
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To be Human is to be a storyteller. – Barbara K. Walker

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Storytelling

The child began reading favorite stories of magic to the river, believing the tales would be carried to someone in need. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Storytelling

Storytelling is our oldest form of remembering the promises we have made to one another and to our various gods, and the promises given in return; it is a way of recording our human emotions and desires and taboos. – Jane Yolen

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Storytelling

Stories give color to black and white information. – Todd Stocker

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Storytelling

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Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless that for some people it is a complete substitute for life. – Andrew Brown

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What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. – Oscar Wilde

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The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today. – Les Brown

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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the countrys cause. – Abraham Lincoln

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