Eric Hoffer quotes

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

Children are the keys of paradise.

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

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.

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

We 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.

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.