Quotes by Eric Hoffer with talent

Eric Hoffer

Eric Hoffer

American writer

Lived from: 1902 - 1983

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 25 july 1902 Died: 21 may 1983

  • Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.
  • It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it.
  • The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us.
  • To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful God who obeys his own laws.
  • Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
  • Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.
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  • It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.
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  • We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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  • Youth itself is a talent - a perishable talent.
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