Eric Hoffer Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

Eric Hoffer quotes and sayings page 9 (writer). Here's quote # 81 through 90 out of the 114 we have.

“Sometimes we feel the loss of a prejudice as a loss of vigor.”

“Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent.”

“Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice.”

“The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.”

“There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.”

“The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.”

“We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.”

“When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.”

“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.”