Positive atheism Quotes by Eric Hoffer

It was the craving to be a one and only people which impelled the ancient Hebrews to invent a one and only…

— Eric Hoffer

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

— Eric Hoffer

The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate…

— Eric Hoffer

To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could…

— Eric Hoffer

All mass movements avail themselves of action as a means of unification. The conflicts a mass movement seeks and incites serve not…

— Eric Hoffer

There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free…

— Eric Hoffer

Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own. Whether it…

— Eric Hoffer

It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they…

— Eric Hoffer

The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the…

— Eric Hoffer

It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some…

— Eric Hoffer

The ignorant are a reservoir of daring. It almost seems that those who have yet to discover the known are particularly equipped…

— Eric Hoffer

Unless a man has the talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. We join a mass movement to…

— Eric Hoffer

Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants…

— Eric Hoffer

A doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The fanatical believer is…

— Eric Hoffer