Eric Hoffer Quotes

When people are free to do as they please they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced and partakes of the nature of a protest.

Eric Hoffer

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not. The atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion.

Eric Hoffer

The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

Eric Hoffer

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

Eric Hoffer