It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.
Eric HofferIt is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words.
Eric HofferThere is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses.
Eric HofferIt is a juvenile notion that a society needs a lofty purpose and a shining vision to achieve much. Both in the market place and on the battlefield men who set their hearts on toys have often displayed unequal initiative and drive. And one must be ignorant of the creative process to look for a close correspondence between motive and achievement in the world of thought and imagination.
Eric Hoffer