Facts are counterrevolutionary.
Eric Hoffer

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
Eric Hoffer

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
Eric Hoffer

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
Eric Hoffer

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
Eric Hoffer

It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.
Eric Hoffer

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.
Eric Hoffer

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
Eric Hoffer

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
Eric Hoffer

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
Eric Hoffer

It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
Eric Hoffer

It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
Eric Hoffer

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
Eric Hoffer

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
Eric Hoffer

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.
Eric Hoffer

It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
Eric Hoffer

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.
Eric Hoffer

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
Eric Hoffer

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
Eric Hoffer