Quotes by Eric Hoffer

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

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about.

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership.

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

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

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.

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