Eric Hoffer

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. ”

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. ”

There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. ”

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. ”

Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. ”

Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives. ”

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. ”

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents. ”

Children are the keys of paradise. ”

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. ”