Imitation is often a shortcut to a solution. We copy when we lack the inclination, the ability or the time to work out an independent solution. People in a hurry will imitate more readily than people at leisure. Hustling thus tends to produce uniformity. And in the deliberate fusing of individuals into a compact group, incessant action will play a considerable role.
Eric HofferExcesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.
Eric HofferWe all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
Eric HofferTo lose one's life is but to lose the present; and, clearly, to lose a defiled, worthless present is not to lose much.
Eric Hoffer