{"author":"Eric Hoffer","author_id":"Eric+Hoffer","total_quotes":115,"quotes":[{"text":"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["beginning","beliefs","critical-thinking","critical-thought","disagreement","evaluation","self","self-evaluation","thought","views"],"id":1521,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["time","age","busy "],"id":5941,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all the unifying agents. Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a god, but never without a belief in a devil.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["politics"],"id":9586,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["christianity","jesus","marx","marxism"],"id":27254,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["relationship"],"id":41143,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["politeness","manners"],"id":42293,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities  but its own talents.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["opportunity"],"id":55835,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"However much we guard against it  we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["positive"],"id":62438,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["rudeness","weakness"],"id":67544,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"},{"text":"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness  and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.","author":"Eric Hoffer","tags":["creativity"],"id":70164,"author_id":"Eric+Hoffer"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":115,"pages":12,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}