Author: Eric Hoffer

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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

- Eric Hoffer

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

- Eric Hoffer

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

- Eric Hoffer

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

- Eric Hoffer

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

- Eric Hoffer

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

- Eric Hoffer

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.

- Eric Hoffer

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

- Eric Hoffer

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

- Eric Hoffer

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