“ If a society is to preserve stability and a degree of continuity, it must learn how to keep its adolescents from imposing their tastes, values, and fantasies on everyday life. Eric Hoffer
“ They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every t… Eric Hoffer
“ Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. Eric Hoffer
“ It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. Eric Hoffer
“ It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. Eric Hoffer
“ 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. Eric Hoffer
“ The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating… Eric Hoffer
