Eric Hoffer Quotes


We can be satisfied with moderate confidence in ourselves and with a moderately good opinion of ourselves, but the faith we have in a holy cause has to be extravagant and uncompromising.


Citations

Hoffer, Eric. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. Harper & Brothers, 1951, p. 80.

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Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer
  • Born: July 15, 1902
  • Died: May 21, 1983
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Eric Hoffer was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change was his finest work.