To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our inadequate and blemished selves. Excessive desire is thus a means of suppressing our sense of worthlessness.


Section 6 - The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)

Eric Hoffer Quotes

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our...

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our...

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our...

To believe that if we could have but this or that we would be happy is to suppress the realization that the cause of our unhappiness is in our...