747 Quotes by Eric Hoffer

Those of little faith are of little hatred.

The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

...That genius is a rare exception (:) It's not true. Talent and genius have been wasted on enormous scale throughout our history; this is all I know for sure.

No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way.

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