A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men.Eric Hoffer: The Ordeal of Change
Certainty
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.Eric Hoffer: The True Believer
Complaint
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.Eric Hoffer: The Passionate State of Mind
Freedom and Liberty
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.Eric Hoffer: The Ordeal of Change
Glory
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.Eric Hoffer: The True Believer
Happiness
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.Eric Hoffer: The Passionate State of Mind
Imitation
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.Eric Hoffer: The Passionate State of Mind
Neighbors
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.Eric Hoffer
Novelty
Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding.Eric Hoffer: The Ordeal of Change
Power
Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.Eric Hoffer: The Passionate State of Mind
Self-Sacrifice
How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!Eric Hoffer
