Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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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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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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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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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 is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
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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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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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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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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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There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
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To the old, the new is usually bad news.
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It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
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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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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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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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Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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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.
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Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
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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 never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.