To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profe… - Eric Hoffer

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To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Eric Hoffer

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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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It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.

On the other hand, those who reject the present and fix their eyes and hearts on things to come have a faculty for detecting the embryo of future danger or advantage in the ripeness of their times.

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. - Eric Hoffer

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