Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
ERIC HOFFERCommunists are frustrated capitalists.
More Eric Hoffer Quotes
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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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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Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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One 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.
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Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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