I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
ERIC HOFFERWhen people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
-
-
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
ERIC HOFFER -
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
ERIC HOFFER -
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
ERIC HOFFER -
To learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can’t learn. If you have too much, you will think you don’t have to learn.
ERIC HOFFER -
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
ERIC HOFFER -
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
ERIC HOFFER -
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
ERIC HOFFER -
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
ERIC HOFFER -
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
ERIC HOFFER -
Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
ERIC HOFFER -
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
ERIC HOFFER -
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
ERIC HOFFER -
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
ERIC HOFFER -
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
ERIC HOFFER -
To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
ERIC HOFFER