12 quotes
"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."
- Eric Hoffer
Awareness
"Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind."
- Eric Hoffer
Compassion
"How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty."
- Eric Hoffer
Adversity
"Creativity is discontent translated into arts."
- Eric Hoffer
Creativity
"Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature."
- Eric Hoffer
Creativity
"The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist."
- Eric Hoffer
Leadership
"Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem."
- Eric Hoffer
Self-esteem
"Children are the keys of paradise."
- Eric Hoffer
Family
"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."
- Eric Hoffer
Gratitude
"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy—the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."
- Eric Hoffer
Philosophy
"Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation."
- Eric Hoffer
Philosophy
"We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire."
- Eric Hoffer
Liberation