Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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