Quote by Eric Hoffer Download Open image “We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.” — Eric Hoffer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
…we all lie to ourselves; we tell our own selves more lies than we ever do other people. — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Sometimes in life you'll be standing in a crowd of screaming lies, but if you speak clear the truth with be louder than even… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
We lie in order to tolerate our existence and, most of all, we lie to ourselves. — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
Among other common lies, we have the silent lie - the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many… — Mark Twain 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
