747 Quotes by Eric Hoffer

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.

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

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.

Anger is the prelude to courage.

The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.

In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.