It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.
Eric HofferWe used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
Eric HofferThe ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.
Eric HofferTo learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can't learn. If you have too much, you will think you don't have to learn.
Eric Hoffer