Eric Hoffer

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.

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.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.

...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.