eric hoffer

“ There is in us a tendency to locate the shaping forces of our existence outside ourselves ”

“ For men to plunge headlong into an undertaking of vast change, ”

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

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

“ Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. ”

“ When it is their power to do so, the weak destroy weakness wherever they see it. ”

“ To most of us, nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. ”

“ The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. ”

“ It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. ”

“ Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self. ”