Action is basically a reaction against loss of balance - a flailing of the arms to to regain one's balance. To dispose a soul to action, we must upset its equilibrium.
Eric HofferThe real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.
Eric HofferA soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.
Eric HofferAll mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it. The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.
Eric Hoffer