No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
We feel free when we escape, even if it be but from the frying pan into the fire.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Rudeness is a weak man's imitation of strength.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
There is no alienation that a little power will not cure.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Woe to him inside a non-conformist clique who does not conform to non-conformity.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Quoted by Eric Hoffer