Friday, July 25th, 2014

QOTM

Friday, July 25th, 2014 07:16 pm
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Three quotes from Eric Hoffer's The Passionate State of Mind:



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The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.



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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.



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The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity. One needs the talents of an animal trainer to deal with the stupid.



I was going to say something like, "All three of these are altogether too relevant to things going on in my life right now." Then I remembered certain recent news stories and various commentaries about them, so I'll just go with: All three of these are altogether too relevant.


Edit: It turns out that Eric Hoffer was born July 25, 1902. If I'd known it was his 112th birthday, I might have posted more!

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