Eric Hoffer Quotes about Purpose

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To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. It not infrequently happens that those who hunger for hope give their allegiance to him who offers them a grievance.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. It not infrequently happens that those who hunger for hope give their allegiance to him who offers them a grievance.

Eric Hoffer

Giving, Purpose, Hunger

Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

Eric Hoffer

Giving, Feelings, Purpose

Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

The purpose of philosophers is to show people what is right under their noses.

Eric Hoffer

People, Purpose, Noses

Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse.

Eric Hoffer

Strong, Power, Purpose

Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers