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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the “free for all.” They want to eliminate free competition and the ruthless testing to which the individual is continually subjected in a free society.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (1951)

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Hoffer, Eric - True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (2.5.28) (1951) | WIST Quotations

They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the "free for all." They want to eliminate free competition…

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I really envy people who have a comfort zone.

I just left, because group dynamics were too stressful, only to be more stressed by leaving, lonelyness, feeling of being excluded or rather excluding myself and ultimately self-hatred and doubting any progress that I ever made, because the biggest question still seems unsolvable.
The question of how to leave a comfort zone that doesn't exist looks easy in comparison to this: "If I have to love myself before anyone else can love me, and the reason I hate myself is because nobody ever loved me, does that mean I should just give up?"

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NarrowhouseNov 23
Look, there is a long history of saying that every accusation is an admission in the Trump administration.We he says "quiet piggy" to a reporter or calls a pageant contestant "Miss Piggy" it is clearly self- dissatisfaction with his slender 270lb frame, and an internal desire to stop talking before he says something self-incriminating. #quietpiggy #selfhatred
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“If They Were Lighter, They Made It Through” — The Haunting Truth Behind Dominican Colorism

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sklbaSep 17, 2025

the man in the mirror doesnt like me

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 17, 2025

A quotation from Josh Billings

He who don’t luv himself vents hiz spleen bi hating everyboddy else.
 
[He who doesn’t love himself vents his spleen by hating everybody else.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 281 “Variety: Bred and Butter” (1874)

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Jul 3, 2025

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

   The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.
   It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 100 (1955)

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S.R.3Jun 24, 2025
Going to sleep hoping I don't wake up. Hugs #mentalhealth #selfhatred #depression #lonely
BrownIsBeautifulMay 31, 2025

“The world according to Stephen Miller is a cruel and callous one, in which America is strictly for unhyphenated Americans and those here “illegally” must be forcibly returned to the “failed states” where they were born.”
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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/stephen-miller-hatemonger-biography/

The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller

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