Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.
Eric HofferUnless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, "to be free from freedom."
Eric HofferCapitalism is at its liberating best in a noncapitalist environment. The crypto-businessman is the true revolutionary in a Communist country.
Eric HofferIt is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
Eric Hoffer