Eric Hoffer

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much…

To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but…

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength…

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man’s spirit than when…

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the…

In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped…

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of…

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor…

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith…

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the…

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future…

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a…

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and…

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the…

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us…