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Holy Cause Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also…
- We can be satisfied with moderate confidence in ourselves and with a moderately good opinion of ourselves, but the faith we have in a holy…
- Marriage has for women many equivalents of joining a mass movement. It offers them a new purpose in life, a new future and a new…
- Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a…
- The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin, that one should…
- Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
- Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or…
- The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation,…
- Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new…
More Holy Cause Quotes
- Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and… — G. Stanley Hall
- Because I'm moved in writing to be irrepressible. Writing to you seems like some holy cause, cause there's not enough female irrepressibility… — Chris Kraus
- God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. — Aeschylus
- People haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy… — Eric Hoffer
- We can be satisfied with moderate confidence in ourselves and with a moderately good opinion of ourselves, but the faith we have… — Eric Hoffer
- Marriage has for women many equivalents of joining a mass movement. It offers them a new purpose in life, a new future… — Eric Hoffer
- Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others… — Eric Hoffer
- The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin,… — Eric Hoffer