Quotes by Eric Hoffer

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

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

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

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

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

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

We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true they ruin our dreams.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.