The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft.
Eric HofferThe misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
Eric HofferThe trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
Eric Hoffer