Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Practically all writers and artists are aware of their destiny and see themselves as actors in a fateful drama. With me, nothing… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
...That genius is a rare exception (:) It's not true. Talent and genius have been wasted on enormous scale throughout our history;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Our doubts about ourselves cannot be banished except by working at that which is the one and only thing we know we… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
That which is unique and worthwhile in us makes itself felt only in flashes. If we do not know how to catch… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
For though ours is a godless age, it is the very opposite of irreligious. The true believer is everywhere on the march,… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Nature has no compassion. Nature accepts no excuses and the only punishment it knows is death. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The main effect of a real revolution is perhaps that it sweeps away those who do not know how to wish, and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It is also plausible that those movements with the greatest inner contradiction and between profession and practice - that is to say with a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes--courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, etc.--can be transmuted into ruthlessness. Compassion alone stands… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails that the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
