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View Plans“ ”Both the revolutionary and the creative individual are perpetual juveniles. The revolutionary does not grow up because he cannot grow, while the creative individual cannot grow up because he keeps growing. 104
About Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer (25 July 1902 – 21 May 1983) was an American writer on social and political philosophy. His first book, The True Believer: Thoughts On The Nature Of Mass Movements (1951) is widely recognized as a classic on mass-movements and the psychological roots of fanaticism. Despite rising to fame with the success and popularity of his writings, he continued to work as a longshoreman until retiring at age 65.
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Additional quotes by Eric Hoffer
Action is a unifier.
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.