Eric Hoffer

Quotations by Author Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983) Showing quotations 1 to 20 of 20 total Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. Eric Hoffer Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat. Eric Hoffer It is a sign of a creeping inner death when we no longer can praise the living. Eric Hoffer It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. Eric Hoffer It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>网赚联盟 </strong></a> Eric Hoffer 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 Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Eric Hoffer Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. Eric Hoffer Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>挂机网赚 </strong></a> not. Eric Hoffer The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. 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. Eric Hoffer We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys. Eric Hoffer 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 We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. Eric Hoffer We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves. Eric Hoffer When people are free to do as they please, they <a href="http://wk.putianb2b.com/"><strong>网络兼职 </strong></a> usually imitate each other. Eric Hoffer You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. Eric Hoffer The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility. Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer", 1951 A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it <a href="http://www.99tz.net/view.php?id=1"><strong>Miu Miu Handbags » Blog Archive » Evening Cocktail Dresses – Black ...</strong></a> is but often prompts us to rearrange the past. Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954 It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable. Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954 - 41 Quotations in other collections - Search for Eric Hoffer at Amazon.com Showing quotations 1 to 20 of 20 total Previous Author: Jimmy HoffaNext Author: Abbie Hoffman Return to Author List