The pre-human creature from which man evolved was unlike any other living thing in its malicious viciousness toward its own kind. Humanization was not a leap forward but a groping toward survival. – Eric Hoffer
The beginning of thought is in disagreement — not only with others but also with ourselves. – Eric Hoffer
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. – Eric Hoffer
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. – Eric Hoffer
It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution. – Havelock Ellis