Eric Hoffer Quotes

American - Writer July 25, 1898 - May 21, 1983

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. Eric Hoffer

Trust, World, Cheating, Feeling, Someone

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. - Eric Hoffer

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them. Eric Hoffer

People, Hand, Bite, Boot, Who, Kicks

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. Eric Hoffer

Nature, Creativity, Ability, Order

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. Eric Hoffer

Power, Lie, True, Only, Come, Lies

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. Eric Hoffer

Stars, God, Sky, Space, Back, Passionate

Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. Eric Hoffer

Kindness, Kind, Become, Own, Motive

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer

Thankful, Blessings, Master, Us, Hardest

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. Eric Hoffer

Leader, Language, Talk, Visionary, Must

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing. Eric Hoffer

Frustration, Want, Nothing, Things, More

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

Learning, Change, World, Earth, Find

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Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer

Strength, Imitation, Weak, Rudeness

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. Eric Hoffer

Happiness, Search, Unhappiness, Sources

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. - Eric Hoffer

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. Eric Hoffer

People, Propaganda, Deceive, Themselves

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

Man, Child, Uniqueness, Playground, His

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. Eric Hoffer

Nature, Men, Human Nature, Angels, Human

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. Eric Hoffer

Alone, Good, Compassion, Good And Evil

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. Eric Hoffer

Faith, Religion, Brand, Know, Need, Find

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. Eric Hoffer

Head, Empty, Anything, Difficulty, Hence

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect. Eric Hoffer

Pride, Self-Respect, Like, Other

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

Awareness, Different, Become, Some, Must

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

Destiny, Mission, Feeling, Nation, Which

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. Eric Hoffer

New, Crisis, Self-Esteem, Adjustment

A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. Eric Hoffer

Free, Will, Minority, Dissent, Only

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

Kindness, Judge, Kind, Become, Own, Made

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. Eric Hoffer

Talent, Opportunities, Sometimes, Desire

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. Eric Hoffer

Hope, Soul, Disappointment, Too Much

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