Eric Hoffer Quotes

I trust no one, not even myself.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

I am very suspicious of people.

We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.

Sometimes even paranoids have enemies.

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect.

I have been a conspirator for so long that I mistrust all around me.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We wouldn’t want to live in a world where we couldn’t be conned. Because, in effect, we would then be living in a world where we mistrusted or refused to trust anyone.

I couldn't really trust anyone. Not completely.

I trust no one - that microphone, that book.

I don't really trust nobody.

Now are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome again, my children, to the communion of your race.

The most mistrustful are often the greatest dupes.

The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself.

... community is already in process of disillusion where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy.

Richard Nixon never trusted anybody.

I don't trust anyone except a very, very few people.

I used to trust people easily, but now I'm a little careful because some experiences have taught me to not trust anyone blindly.