Eric Hoffer

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

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.

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

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

We can do no great things, only small things with great love.

I have a bit of supernatural take on life. For a moment, I went over to the other side. Since then, I can feel the presence of the departed. I’m very sensitive to it.

Our God is a forgiving God.

It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.

It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.

When one person suffers from a delusion It is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion It is called Religion.

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would solve most the worlds problems.

Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese.

A mind committed to compassion is like an overflowing reservoir – a constant source of energy, determination and kindness.

God, grant us our desires, and grant them quickly.