#ear

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#himself #impossible #man #only #strives

There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#earmarks #fugitive #most #ourselves #passionate

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#arrive #ends #fear #forget #given

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#corporate #death #guard #internationalist #learn

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#disappears #every #every time #everything #finish

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#amount #certain #faster #i #learn

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#army #because #college #first #go

I got sober when I was 22 years old. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#i #old #sober #years

I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#everybody #fears #got #had #i

If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#challenged #earth #human #human being #psychologically