Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetr

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

Other quotes by Eric Hoffer

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

Category:
Evolution
Read Quote

Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. – Eric Hoffer

Category:
Space
Read Quote

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. – Eric Hoffer

Category:
Age
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
power
category

I believe in delegating power. – Hillary Clinton

Category:
power

Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. – Richard Dawkins

Category:
power

One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for Americas energy problems never give up. – Jeff Goodell

Category:
power

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. – Sophie Swetchine

Category:
power

Random Quotes

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. – Benjamin Banneker

Category:
Courage

Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. – Epictetus

Category:
Miscellaneous

Think of the Unicorn, that curious symbol of retirement from the world… – Edward Carpenter, “Tradition, Convention, and the Gods,” c.1898

Category:
Unicorns

God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, I love you. – Billy Graham

Category:
God