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. ”

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. ”

It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. ”

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

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

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. ”

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. ”

Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love. ”

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play. ”

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