Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
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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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An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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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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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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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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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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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.
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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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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
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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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Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
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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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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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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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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.