| ERIC HOFFER |
| (1902-1983) |
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| �It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.� �Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner.� �Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from.� [New York Times, 21 July 1969, regards to the first moon-landing] �We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.� �When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.� When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. |