Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
ERIC HOFFERNowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
ERIC HOFFEROne of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
ERIC HOFFERShould Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
ERIC HOFFERTake man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
ERIC HOFFERIt is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
ERIC HOFFERA 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 HOFFERThe sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
ERIC HOFFEROne of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
ERIC HOFFERWhat monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
ERIC HOFFERSelf-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
ERIC HOFFERAdd a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
ERIC HOFFERThe only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
ERIC HOFFERChildren are the keys of paradise.
ERIC HOFFERThe capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
ERIC HOFFERNothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
ERIC HOFFERFar more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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