Quote by Eric Hoffer
We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. – Eric Hoffer

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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. – Eric Hoffer

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Trust
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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. – Eric Hoffer

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Men
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. – Latin Proverb

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When I feel well and in a good humor, or when I am taking a drive or walking after a good meal, or in the night when I cannot sleep, thoughts crowd into my mind as easily as you could wish. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Sometimes I suffer from indigestion of the mind. – Carrie Latet

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The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. – Sigmund Freud

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Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes). – Walt Whitman

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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains. – Francois Rabelais

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