The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
There would be no society if living toge…
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
To spell out the obvious is often to cal…
To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
We are more ready to try the untried whe…
We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
We are told that talent creates its own …
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.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
When people are free to do as they pleas…
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill…
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
Woe to him inside a nonconformist clique…
Woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
You can discover what your enemy fears m…
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer
You can never get enough of what you don…
You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eric Hoffer