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The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and

The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.

Eric Hoffer
Passion, Inferiority, Thread
Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.

Eric Hoffer
Real, Passion, Equality
Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”

The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.

Eric Hoffer
Passion, Sometimes, Born

A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.

Eric Hoffer
Passion, Self, Desire
Eric Hoffer (2011). “The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements”, p.12, Harper Collins

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.

Eric Hoffer
Passion, Shrinking, Literature
Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

There is in even the most selfish passion a large element of self-abnegation. It is startling to realize that what we call extreme self-seeking is actually self-renunciation. The miser, health addict, glory chaser and their like are not far behind the selfless in the exercise of self-sacrifice.

Eric Hoffer
Selfish, Passion, Exercise
Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Eric Hoffer
Passion, Action, Mark

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