“Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.”
Alone
“Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.”
FaithAll Quotes by Eric Hoffer
“Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.”
Nature“It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.”
Hope“One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.”
Society“It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.”
Love“Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.”
Leadership“Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.”
Faith“It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.”
Failure“The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.”
Future“Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.”
Power“Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.”
Faith“We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.”
Fear“Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.”
Faith“When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.”
Truth“Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.”
Strength“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”
Happiness“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.”
Best“The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.”
Fear“To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.”
Faith“Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.”
Nature