Top 114 Quotes by Eric Hoffer

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.

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

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.

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.