“Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.”
Faith
“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”
HappinessAll Quotes by Eric Hoffer
“Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.”
Faith“We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.”
Change“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“It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.”
Power“Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.”
Leadership“We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.”
Dreams“Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.”
Strength“Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.”
Power“The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.”
Happiness“The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.”
Fear“There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.”
Failure“It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.”
Power“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.”
Hope“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“In times of change learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”
Change“There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.”
Society“Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.”
Nature“The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.”
Art