Inspirational Quote by Eric Hoffer Download Open image “The well-adjusted make poor prophets.” — Eric Hoffer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Poor Poverty Prophet Wells
The poor tell us who we are, the prophets tell us who we could be, so we hide the poor, and kill the prophets. — Philip Berrigan Copy Share Image
There's not much need for prophets who are in synch with their society. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
The poor are always prophetic. As true prophets always point out, they reveal God's design. That is why we should take time to listen… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“Such are the limitations of the human mind, and so thoroughly engrossing are the cares of common life, that only the few among men… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Why have the writings of the prophets endured? Because they fearlessly speak truth to power. They call out the injustice and oppression of the… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
All of the great prophets of modern times have come from the desert and were uneducated: Mohammed, Jesus and myself. — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
Prophets are those who take life as it is and expand it. They refuse to shrink a vision of tomorrow to the boundaries of… — Joan D. Chittister 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
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image
