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With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves. – Eric Hoffer

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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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Fear
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Eric Hoffer
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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

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

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Dissent
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We visit others as a matter of social obligation. How long has it been since we have visited with ourselves? – Morris Adler

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You will not find a soulmate in the quiet of your room. You must go to a noisy place and look in the quiet corners. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls. – Henry David Thoreau

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