The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
~ Eric Hoffer

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Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.
~ Eric Hoffer

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There is not an idea that cannot be expressed in 200 words. But the writer must know precisely what he wants to say.
~ Eric Hoffer

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The capacity to resist coercion stems partly from the individual’s identification with a group.
~ Eric Hoffer

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There is fear and intolerance in pride; it is sensitive and uncompromising. The less promise and potency in the self, the more imperative is the need for pride. The core of pride is self-rejection.
~ Eric Hoffer

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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem.
~ Eric Hoffer

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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Thus people haunted by the purposelessness of their lives try to find a new content not only by dedicating themselves to a holy cause but also by nursing a fanatical grievance. A mass movement offers them unlimited opportunities for both.
~ Eric Hoffer

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