Eric Hoffer Quotes

Eric Hoffer Quotes

Eric Hoffer Quotes

Consider the following quotes by Eric Hoffer:

"Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat."

"A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past."

"Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power."

"Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there."

"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."

"Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many."

"Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others."

"We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves."

"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."

"When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other."

"You can discover what your enemy fears most "