Eric Hoffer

“Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.”

“Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake.”

“Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.”

“Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.”

“It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.”

“It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.”

“One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.”

“There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.”

“Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.”

“Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.”

“When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths.”

“The greatest weariness comes from work not done.”