The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost al…

Eric Hoffer
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The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome.
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There can be no freedom without freedom to fail. ✨ The Ordeal of Change. Book by Eric Hoffer, 1963.
In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat. ✨ Eric Hoffer (2011). The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, p.14, Harper Collins
The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1996). The Passionate State of Mind
A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1982). Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and A … ▶
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question. ✨ Eric Hoffer (1955). The passionate state of mind, and other aphorisms

The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome.

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