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  1. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 69 (3.14.69) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11001/

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  2. A quotation from Hoffer

    Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 100 (3.14.100) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11352/

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  3. A quotation from Hoffer

    Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 100 (3.14.100) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11352/

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  4. Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Achievement #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #BWCA #Canoe #Minnesota

  5. Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Achievement #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #BWCA #Canoe #Minnesota

  6. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/

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  7. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor can it keep people persuaded once they have ceased to believe. It penetrates only into minds already open, and rather than instill opinion it articulates and justifies opinions already present in the minds of its recipients. The gifted propagandist brings to a boil ideas and passions already simmering in the minds of his hearers. he echoes their innermost feelings. Where opinion is not coerced, people can be made to believe only in what they already “know.”

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 83 (3.14.83) (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/11263/

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  8. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the “free for all.” They want to eliminate free competition and the ruthless testing to which the individual is continually subjected in a free society.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10928/

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  9. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the “free for all.” They want to eliminate free competition and the ruthless testing to which the individual is continually subjected in a free society.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10928/

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  10. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, “to be free from freedom.” It was not sheer hypocrisy when the rank-and-file Nazis declared themselves not guilty of all the enormities they had committed. They considered themselves cheated and maligned when made to shoulder responsibility for obeying orders. Had they not joined the Nazi movement in order to be free from responsibility?

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 26 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10751/

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  11. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 2, § 8 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10594/

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  12. Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Achievement #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah

  13. Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements, and doubts.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Achievement #Failure #Success

    #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #NativeAmerican #Utah

  14. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When hopes and dreams are loose in the streets, it is well for the timid to lock doors, shutter windows and lie low until the wrath has passed. For there is often a monstrous incongruity between the hopes, however noble and tender, and the action which follows them. It is as if ivied maidens and garlanded youths were to herald the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 1, § 5 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10332/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #change #changeordie #danger #dreams #endsandmeans #hopes #lyinglow #reignofterror #revolution #terror #threat #violence #wrath

  15. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 2, § 10 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10669/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #bother #busybody #distraction #interference #intrusion #keepingbusy #meaning #mindyourownbusiness

  16. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 2, § 10 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10669/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #bother #busybody #distraction #interference #intrusion #keepingbusy #meaning #mindyourownbusiness

  17. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 2, § 9 (1951)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10530/

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  18. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 280 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82849/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hoffer #erichoffer #dissatisfaction #happiness #pursuitofhappiness #quest #search #unhappiness

  19. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 276 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82838/

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  20. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 276 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82838/

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  21. However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the example of others we imitate, as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #SelfAwareness

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

  22. However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the example of others we imitate, as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #SelfAwareness

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #NewMexico

  23. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Suffering cleanses only when it is free of resentment. Wholehearted contempt for our tormentors safeguards our soul from the mutilations of bitterness and hatred.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 263 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/27565/

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  24. Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.
    -- Eric Hoffer (Paraphrased by Pat Buchanan)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #GreatCauses #Politics

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

  25. Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.
    -- Eric Hoffer (Paraphrased by Pat Buchanan)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #GreatCauses #Politics

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

  26. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    A man by himself is in bad company.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 262 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82543/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #beingalone #feedback #perspective #self #solitude

  27. We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Innovation

    #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  28. We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Innovation

    #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  29. You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Fear

    #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  30. You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Fear

    #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  31. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Much of man’s thinking is propaganda of his appetites.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82357/

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  32. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 260 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/19134/

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  33. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 260 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/19134/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #agitprop #belief #bias #confirmationbias #disinformation #prejudice #propaganda #selfdeception #selfjustification

  34. However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the example of others we imitate, as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #SelfAwareness

    #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah

  35. However much we guard ourselves against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. It is not so much the example of others we imitate, as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #SelfAwareness

    #Photography #Panorama #Pictographs #RockArt #DefianceHouse #LakePowell #Utah

  36. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 241 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16794/

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  37. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 241 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/16794/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badmanners #boorishness #bully #discourtesy #impoliteness #impudence #incivility #insolence #rudeness #weakness

  38. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    We usually see only the things we are looking for — so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 238 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17639/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #bias, delusion #expectation #falsepositive #focus #pareidolia #preconception #prejudice #vision

  39. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 222 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/1912/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #opponent #adversary #enemy #fear #frightening #intimidation #projection #terrorism #threat

  40. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears, and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 218 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/19720/

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  41. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears, and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 218 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/19720/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #appetite #appetites #darkside #ego #fear #passions #persuasion #pride #propaganda #vanity

  42. It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting. People who live full, worthwhile lives are not usually ready to die for their own interests nor for their country nor for a holy cause. Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. "Things which are not" are indeed mightier than "things that are." In all ages men have fought most desperately for beautiful cities yet to be built and gardens yet to be planted... It is strange, indeed, that those who hug the present and hang on to it with all their might should be the least capable of defending it. And that, on the other hand, those who spurn the present and dust their hands of it should have all its gifts and treasures showered on them unasked.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Craving #Life #WorthFightingFor

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Graffiti

  43. It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting. People who live full, worthwhile lives are not usually ready to die for their own interests nor for their country nor for a holy cause. Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. "Things which are not" are indeed mightier than "things that are." In all ages men have fought most desperately for beautiful cities yet to be built and gardens yet to be planted... It is strange, indeed, that those who hug the present and hang on to it with all their might should be the least capable of defending it. And that, on the other hand, those who spurn the present and dust their hands of it should have all its gifts and treasures showered on them unasked.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Craving #Life #WorthFightingFor

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Graffiti

  44. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 215 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81262/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #zeal #creed #discrimination #faith #intolerance #morality #prejudice #religion #putupwith

  45. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness

  46. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness

  47. "In times of change, learners will inherit the earth while the learned will find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."

    #EricHoffer

    #learning

  48. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    The Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 128 (1955)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17022/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #calumny #credulity #flattery #insult #others #popularity #publicopinion #selfawareness #selfimage #selfopinion

  49. You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Fear

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #SacandagaLake #Adirondacks #NewYork

  50. You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Fear

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  51. In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Change #Learning

    #Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah

  52. We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Innovation

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Florida

  53. It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting. People who live full, worthwhile lives are not usually ready to die for their own interests nor for their country nor for a holy cause. Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. "Things which are not" are indeed mightier than "things that are." In all ages men have fought most desperately for beautiful cities yet to be built and gardens yet to be planted... It is strange, indeed, that those who hug the present and hang on to it with all their might should be the least capable of defending it. And that, on the other hand, those who spurn the present and dust their hands of it should have all its gifts and treasures showered on them unasked.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Craving #Life #WorthFightingFor

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Sunset #NewMexico

  54. One of the best takes I've seen about #Trump's recent win was actually published days before the #election in a video about #Batman:

    "According to #EricHoffer, a mass movement is actually more appealing when things have recently improved. A mass movement builds off of frustration, and frustration is likely to be highest when the misery is bearable, but the taste of better things… seems within reach."

    youtu.be/vJ0K47rWukg?t=364

  55. In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Change #Learning

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  56. You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
    -- Eric Hoffer

    #Wisdom #Quotes #EricHoffer #Fear

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  57. 2/2 …so long as they are unified against an enemy, true believers will support their leader no matter how outrageous his behavior gets. Indeed, their loyalty will only grow stronger as his behavior becomes more and more extreme. Turning against him would force them to own their own part in his attacks on those former enemies they would now have to recognize as ordinary human beings like themselves.”
    #authoritarianism #EricHoffer
    Important piece by #HeatherCoxRichardson -
    open.substack.com/pub/heatherc

  58. Business worth minding

    A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.

    ~ Eric Hoffer

    slip:4a411.

    #EricHoffer #Quotes