Eric Hoffer

Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains. ”

Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith. ”

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. ”

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person. ”

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 have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. ”

Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. ”

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. ”

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