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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

Eric Hoffer
Life, Hate, Giving
Eric Hoffer (1951). “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements”, New York : Harper

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

Eric Hoffer
Giving, Feelings, Literature
Eric Hoffer (1955). “The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms”

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. It not infrequently happens that those who hunger for hope give their allegiance to him who offers them a grievance.

Eric Hoffer
Giving, Purpose, Hunger
Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped for dealing with the unknown. The unlearned have often rushed in where the learned feared to tread, and it is the credulous who are tempted to attempt the impossible. They know not whither they are going, and give chance a chance.

Eric Hoffer
Giving, Ignorant, Atheism
Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

Eric Hoffer
Life, Giving, Suffering
Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

Eric Hoffer
Giving, Feelings, Purpose
Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest. A society which gives unlimited freedom to the individual, more often than not attains a disconcerting sameness.

Eric Hoffer
People, Giving, Originality
'Passionate State of Mind' (1955) p. 21

To make of human affairs a coherent, precise, predictable whole one must ignore or suppress man as he really is. It is by eliminating man from their equation that the makers of history can predict the future, and the writers of history can give a pattern to the past.

Eric Hoffer
Past, Men, Giving
Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

Eric Hoffer
Giving, Sublime, Literature
Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.

Eric Hoffer
Mother, Giving, Literature
Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

When the weak want to give an impression of strength they hint menacingly at their capacity for evil. It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

Eric Hoffer
Evil, Giving, Promise

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