Eric Hoffer

We cannot hate those who we despise.

We cannot hate those who we despise.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence read more

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint. They are eager to barter their independence for relief from the burdens of willing, deciding and being responsible for inevitable failure. They willingly abdicate the directing of their lives to those who want to plan, command and shoulder all responsibility.

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.

That hatred springs more from self-contempt than from a legitimate grievance is seen in the intimate connection between hatred and read more

That hatred springs more from self-contempt than from a legitimate grievance is seen in the intimate connection between hatred and a guilty conscience.