Eric Hoffer ( 10 of 253 )
Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.
Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.
Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think read more
Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.
The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.
The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.
Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
We are unified both by hating in common and by being hated in common.
The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of read more
The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of the social landscape.
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
No one has a right to happiness.
No one has a right to happiness.
The better part of statesmanship might be to know clearly and precisely what not to do.
The better part of statesmanship might be to know clearly and precisely what not to do.
