Eric Hoffer
58 quotations
The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
The beginning of thought is in disagreement -- not only with others but also with ourselves.
Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.
We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
Facts are counterrevolutionary.
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.
Fear of becoming a has been keeps some people from becoming anything.
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Animals often strike us as passionate machines.
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.