Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
ERIC HOFFERShould Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines.
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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No 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.
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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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