Eric Hoffer quotes

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. (Eric Hoffer)
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
Eric Hoffer
When people are free to do as we please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric Hoffer
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
Eric Hoffer
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
Eric Hoffer
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric Hoffer
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Eric Hoffer
The fear of becoming a "has been" keeps some people from becoming anything.
Eric Hoffer
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
Eric Hoffer
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are. (Eric Hoffer)
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.
Eric Hoffer
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
Eric Hoffer
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
Eric Hoffer
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
Eric Hoffer
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
Eric Hoffer
When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
Eric Hoffer
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.
Eric Hoffer
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.
Eric Hoffer
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Eric Hoffer
The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves. (Eric Hoffer)
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
Eric Hoffer
You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
Eric Hoffer
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
Eric Hoffer
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
Eric Hoffer