Famous Eric Hoffer Quotes

  • We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves. – Eric Hoffer

    We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.– Eric Hoffer

  • To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are. – Eric Hoffer

    To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.– Eric Hoffer

  • Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action. – Eric Hoffer

    Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.– Eric Hoffer

  • The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves. – Eric Hoffer

    The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.– Eric Hoffer

  • Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. – Eric Hoffer

    Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.– Eric Hoffer

  • Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist. – Eric Hoffer

    Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.– 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. – 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.– Eric Hoffer

  • Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. – Eric Hoffer

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

  • Anger is the prelude to courage. – Eric Hoffer

    Anger is the prelude to courage.– Eric Hoffer

  • No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart. – Eric Hoffer

    No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.– Eric Hoffer