...the majority of people cannot endure the bareness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate pursuit in which they can lose themselves.
Eric HofferThe game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
Eric HofferWhen we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men.
Eric HofferThe urge to escape our real self is also an urge to escape the rational and the obvious.
Eric Hoffer