Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self.
Eric Hoffer Quotes
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.
Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
(America is) still the best country for the common man – white or black… if he can’t make it here he won’t make it anywhere else.
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
There is no alienation that a little power will not cure.
In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.
The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.
To dispose a soul to action we must upset its equilibrium.
