Quotes By Author

Quotations By Eric Hoffer

Agreement

That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.

Children

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

Enemy

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

Ethics

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.

Existence

The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.

Faith

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

Prophet

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophesies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.