Eric Hoffer

“It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.”

“We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.”

“A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.”

“We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.”

“The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.”

“Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.”

“In times of change the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”