Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.

Quote by Eric Hoffer

Topics: Self Reflection Quotes

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by...

Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by...

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.

Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.

Dont wait for a crisis to look at your finances differently. Look at them differently...

Dont wait for a crisis to look at your finances differently. Look at them differently...

Any idiot can face a crisis, it's day to day living that wears you out.

Any idiot can face a crisis, it's day to day living that wears you out.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who...

If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who...

We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.

We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis.

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...

Every crisis offers you extra desired power

Every crisis offers you extra desired power

Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.

Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.

I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions...we'll have...

I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions...we'll have...

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...