#is

The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#game #heads #history #majority #middle

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#idea #into #mediocrity #original #original idea

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#crisis #every #new #self-esteem

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#acts #brand #distant #hope #opiate

The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#interesting #man #misery #mother #nobody

There is no loneliness greater than the loneliness of a failure. The failure is a stranger in his own house. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#greater #his #house #loneliness #own

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#faith #find #his #intolerance #know

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#concerning #knowledge #least #most #open

Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#effective #indispensable #leadership #some

Children are the keys of paradise. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#keys #paradise