“Facts are counterrevolutionary.”
Eric Hoffer Quotes
“A man by himself is in bad company.”
“Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.”
“To the old, the new is usually bad news.”
“We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.”
“Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.”
“Animals often strike us as passionate machines.”
“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”
“Our greatest weariness comes from work not done.”
“Youth itself is a talent -- a perishable talent.”
“Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.”
“To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.”
“Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.”
“A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed.”
“When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.”
“Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.”
“There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.”
“To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.”
“There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.”
“A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.”
“A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.”
“Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.”
“Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.”
“The world leans on us. When we sag, the whole world seems to droop.”
“Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”
“Fear of becoming a has been keeps some people from becoming anything.”
“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.”
“Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.”
“Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.”