Totalitarianism spells simplification: an enormous reduction in the variety of aims, motives, interests, human types, and, above all, in the categories and units of power.
Eric HofferIt is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
Eric HofferA nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come.
Eric HofferMan is a luxury-loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.
Eric Hoffer