There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.
Eric Hoffer

To the old, the new is usually bad news.
Eric Hoffer

We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
Eric Hoffer

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
Eric Hoffer

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

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.
Eric Hoffer

A man by himself is in bad company.
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