Man's chief goal in life is still to become and stay human, and defend his achievements against the encroachment of nature.
Eric HofferThere are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves.
Eric HofferAn empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
Eric HofferThe leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
Eric HofferIt is the stretched soul that makes music, and souls are stretched by the pull of opposites-opposite bents, tastes, yearnings, loyalties. Where there is no polarity-where energies flow smoothly in one direction-there will be much doing but no music.
Eric HofferThe leader personifies the certitude of the creed and the defiance and grandeur of power. He articulates and justifies the resentment damned up in the souls of the frustrated. He kindles the vision of a breath-taking future so as to justify the sacrifice of a transitory present. He stages a world of make-believe so indispensable for the realization of self-sacrifice and united action.
Eric Hoffer