Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.
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There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
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In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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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.
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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
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To the old, the new is usually bad news.
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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
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Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
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The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.