Eric Hoffer

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

You can never get enough of what you don’t really need.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Pardon me if I haunt you tonight.

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Failure is no accident.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.

If we had more justice there would be less need of charity.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

If you ever get started on the right path to change, there is one important precondition you have to meet. You must rid yourself of that gnawing and overpowering sense of urgency and panic that always seems to appear on the scene.

There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.

I don’t know anybody so old he can’t do something useful. Just give them a chance and see.

Foolproof systems don’t take into account the ingenuity of fools.