An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
ERIC HOFFERAn empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
ERIC HOFFERTo be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
ERIC HOFFERAdd a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
ERIC HOFFERThe passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
ERIC HOFFERThe beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
ERIC HOFFERNo matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
ERIC HOFFEREvery successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
ERIC HOFFERDeath has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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 HOFFERMass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
ERIC HOFFERThe quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
ERIC HOFFERTo become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
ERIC HOFFERTake away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
ERIC HOFFERTo change everything, simply change your attitude.
ERIC HOFFERI hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
ERIC HOFFERThe trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
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