747 Quotes by Eric Hoffer

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.

Often, the thing we pursue most passionately is but a substitute for the one thing we really want and cannot have.

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

There is need for some kind of make-believe in order to face death unflinchingly. To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for.

We see through others only when we see through ourselves.

Humility is not renunciation of pride but the substitution of one pride for another.

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.