Famous Quotes / Eric Hoffer
188 Quotations by Eric Hoffer
- 161. We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many in ...
- 162. We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
- 163. We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us.
- 164. We cannot be sure that we have something to live for unless we are ready to die for it.
- 165. We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.
- 166. We feel free when we escape -- even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
- 167. We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are ...
- 168. We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the ...
- 169. We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human ...
- 170. We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
- 171. We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meani ...
- 172. We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we hav ...
- 173. We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.
- 174. We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: chan ...
- 175. What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
- 176. When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and th ...
- 177. When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
- 178. When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
- 179. When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common ...
- 180. When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it.