The 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 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 HOFFERNature 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.
ERIC HOFFERAdd a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
ERIC HOFFERAll leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
ERIC HOFFERJesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
ERIC HOFFERWe run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
ERIC HOFFERAnger is a prelude to courage.
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 HOFFERFaith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
ERIC HOFFERPassionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
ERIC HOFFERThe hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
ERIC HOFFERIt is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
ERIC HOFFERWhen people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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 HOFFERNowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
ERIC HOFFERI hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
ERIC HOFFER