Eric HofferThinkers

Absolute power's taint is not its inhumanity but its antihumanity.

Achievement is independent of the feelign of self-worth. No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments.

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.

The Antichrist is nothing other than one who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

Aspiration is paradoxically alienated from gratitude. Namely, we do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true because, somewhat paradoxically, by making them come true, they become ruined as dreams.

The Atheist is a religious person. He believes in atheism as though it were a new religion. The day after that on which the world should no longer believe in God, atheist would be the wretchedest of all men.

Belief is made possible by unbelief.

Belonging is a desire, partly a desire to lose ourselves.

Boredom is primarily boredom with oneself.

Busyness is often conflated with productivity. The majority of people try to prove their worth by keeping busy under the presumption that a busy life is the nearest thing to a purposeful life.