Eric Hoffer Quotes

He who has nothing and wants something is less frustrated than he who has something and wants more.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

The lives we live are a bit of a straight-hair vs. curly-hair thing. We often want what we don't have. In reality, it's not about better or worse; it's just perception.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Our culture highlights the desire to always have more, even when we should be grateful for what we have.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

The grass isn't always greener on the other side!

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.

Be contented with whatsoever is; never ask for more. The moment you ask for more you have asked for hell. The moment you ask for more you have asked for misery. The desire for more creates misery.

Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?

Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing.

We would be happier with what we have if we weren't so unhappy about what we don't' have

Happy thou art not; for what thou hast not, still thou strivest to get; and what thou hast, forgettest.

You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

We're surrounded by wonder, and yet we want more, and we want it bigger, faster, louder, better.

I can't get no satisfaction.