When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.
Eric HofferThe majority prove their worth by keeping busy. A busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.
Eric HofferIt has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.
Eric Hoffer