Author: Eric Hoffer

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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

- 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

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

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

- 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

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 savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

- 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

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

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