Eric Hoffer Quotes
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
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.
Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.
