We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. – Eric Hoffer
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. – Eric Hoffer
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. – Eric Hoffer
The beginning of thought is in disagreement — not only with others but also with ourselves. – Eric Hoffer
Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but particularly is indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less at individuals and more at classes. They therefore make better theories and worse poems. – Thomas Babington Macaulay