The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor's shortcomings as he is of his own.
Eric HofferWhere there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains.
Eric HofferAction can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.
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 HofferThe well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common sense, our practical point of view. Actually, these are names for an all-absorbing familiarity with things as they are. . . . Thus it happens that when the times become unhinged, it is the practical people who are caught unaware . . . still clinging to things that no longer exist.
Eric Hoffer