Quote by Eric Hoffer
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. – Eric Hoffer

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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. – 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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Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. – John Calvin

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I dont know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage. – Jeff Bridges

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President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation. – Eliot Spitzer

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I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs. – Diane Abbott

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Ive always been a fan of science fiction films, and Ive never been able to put my particular spin on it. – Ivan Reitman

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Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that its a better something. – Moon Unit Zappa

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Home wasnt built in a day. – Jane Sherwood Ace

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Daylight, full of small dancing particles and the one great turning, our souls are dancing with you, without feet, they dance. Can you see them when I whisper in your ear? – Rumi, as interpreted by Coleman Barks

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