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, Feeling, Someone

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

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, Bite, Hand, Who, Kicks, Boot

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

Alone, Good, Compassion, Good And Evil

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

Mother, Giving, Reckless, Craving

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

Nature, Creativity, Order, Ability

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, Shape, Predict, Only

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves. Eric Hoffer

Beginning, Thought, Others, Disagreement

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

Evil, Ugly, Hide, Emptiness, Greatest

Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor. Eric Hoffer

Loss, Feel, Prejudice, Sometimes, Vigor

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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

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

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

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

Thankful, Blessings, Master, Us, Hardest

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

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

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

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, Difficulty, Anything, Hence

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

Awareness, Different, Become, Some, 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, Nothing, Want, Things, More

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. Eric Hoffer

Good, Bad, More, Contagious, Assume

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

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. Eric Hoffer

Together, Society, Understanding, Living

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer

Strength, Weak, Imitation, Rudeness

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

Kindness, Kind, Own, Become, Motive

Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are. Eric Hoffer

Be Different, Desire, Different, Intense

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