Eric Hoffer Quotes
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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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Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
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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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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
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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 and talents.
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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
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We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
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It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.
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The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.
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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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Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
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You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.
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The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
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Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.
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There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.