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This selection of aphorisms from Eric Hoffer is the first in a series.

I hope you find them interesting and thought provoking.

A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his consciousness and his real self.

We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.

Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.

We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.