It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. – Eric Hoffer
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us. – Eric Hoffer
The necessary has never been mans top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, mans greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. – Eric Hoffer
Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a mans spirit than when we win his heart. – Eric Hoffer