01UndatedNot actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
02UndatedTo believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy or to pursue any excessive desire diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
03UndatedFair play with others is primarily not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
04UndatedA preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
05UndatedThe vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
06UndatedThere is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
08UndatedOur passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
10UndatedIt is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
12UndatedThe only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
13UndatedThose 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.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
14UndatedOur sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
15UndatedIt is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
16UndatedMany of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
17UndatedThe fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
18UndatedWe have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
20UndatedSomeone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
21UndatedCompassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.Eric Hoffer / quote ↗
