A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life
Eric HofferThe individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.
Eric HofferWhen we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else - we are the busiest people in the world.
Eric HofferMass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
Eric Hoffer