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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It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned. – Eric Hoffer

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There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. – Eric Hoffer

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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. – Eric Hoffer

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou

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Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle. – Robert Olen Butler

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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. – Rudyard Kipling

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The universe is made of stories, not atoms. – Muriel Rukeyser

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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. – Spanish Proverb

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Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. – Christopher Marlowe

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A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows. – George Bernard Shaw

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Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. – George Iles

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