We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Eric Hoffer

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
Eric Hoffer

What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else?
Eric Hoffer

When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
Eric Hoffer

When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
Eric Hoffer

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Eric Hoffer

When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
Eric Hoffer

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.
Eric Hoffer

Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident.
Eric Hoffer

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Eric Hoffer

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
Eric Hoffer

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.
Eric Hoffer

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric Hoffer

You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy.
Eric Hoffer

Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.
Eric Hoffer