Quotes by Hoffer, Eric

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. >>

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinner >>

Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow. >>

Quotations about Revolutions and Revolutionaries

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it >>

A revolution does not last more than fifteen years, the period which c >>

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it. >>

The main effect of a real revolution is perhaps that it sweeps away those who do not know how to wish, and brings to the front men with insatiable appetites for action, power and all that the world has to offer.

Hoffer, Eric