The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large ex…

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The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1963). The Ordeal of Change
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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men. ✨ Eric Hoffer, The Passionate Sate of Mind and Other Aphorisms (1955), section 140
Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1982). Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer, HarperCollins Publishers
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1955). The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms
Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1969). Working and Thinking on the Waterfront: A Journal, June 1958-May 1959

The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1963). The Ordeal of Change

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