“We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.”
Dreams
“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.”
FearAll Quotes by Eric Hoffer
“The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.”
Fear“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”
Work“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“Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.”
Faith“Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.”
Trust“Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.”
Power“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“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 savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.”
Men“There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.”
Failure“To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.”
Faith“Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.”
Experience“When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.”
Truth“Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.”
Nature“Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.”
Faith“Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.”
Nature“The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.”
Best“Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.”
Leadership