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, Cheating, World, Someone, Feeling

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

New, Crisis, Self-Esteem, Adjustment

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

Kindness, Own, Kind, Become, Being, Made

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

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

Thankful, Blessings, Hardest, Us, Master

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

Hope, Soul, Disappointment, Expectation

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, Them, Does

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, Realist, Must

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

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

Nature, Creativity, Ability, Order

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

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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, Who, Bite, Them, Lick

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person. Eric Hoffer

Mind, Evil, Person, More, Than, Doubts

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, Own, Kind, Become, Made

A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time. Eric Hoffer

Good, Time, Man, Great, Good Luck, Die

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

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

Ugly, Evil, Hide, Emptiness, Hardest, Us

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, Sky, God, Space, Back, Somewhere

The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody. Eric Hoffer

Mother, Man, Woman, Child, Nobody, Young

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. - Eric Hoffer

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. Eric Hoffer

Future, Power, Way, Only, Predict, Shape

A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. Eric Hoffer

Most, Almost, Grievance, Poignant

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

Eyes, Reflection, People, Escape, See

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous. Eric Hoffer

Become, Too, Unpredictability

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. Eric Hoffer

Mother, Giving, Craving, Reckless

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, Make

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire. - Eric Hoffer

We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire. Eric Hoffer

Fire, Feel, Free, Escape, Even, Pan

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

Good, Alone, Compassion, Evil, Traffic

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