Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
Eric Hofferwas an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer, was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change was his finest work...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 July 1902
CountryUnited States of America
soul doe misery
A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.
thinking littles too-much
To learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can't learn. If you have too much, you will think you don't have to learn.
love meaningful pregnancy
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
liberty majority minorities
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
want critical knows
Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.
thank-you thankful gratitude
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
mean self land
The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than because of their immediate feeling that he is leading them away from their unwanted selves. Surrender to a leader is not a means to an end but a fulfillment. Whither they are led is of secondary importance.
inspirational change different
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
fate hands tyrants
I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
future power shapes
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
hype people doe
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
inspirational life motivational
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
nation peaceful perhaps seed
A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come
relationship people safe
It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.