Eric Hoffer

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.

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

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

I never apologize. I’m sorry, but that’s just the way I am.

It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that make horseraces.

Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.

If you want to change the world, start with the next person who comes to you in need.

When you embark for strange places don’t leave any of yourself safely at the shore… Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.

Like all things vast and beautiful, I want to know the depths of which you exist. It has never been enough to wade in the shallows.

I don’t follow what everybody else does.

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.

Do you realize that you can’t play the game of life with sweaty palms?

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing; those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.

The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.

Coaching your wife is like trying to baptize a cat.

This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.