Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be a matter of chance, of idle tinkering, or even of the chronic dissatisfaction of the untalented.


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

Eric Hoffer Quotes

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be...

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be...

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be...

Perhaps our originality manifests itself most strikingly in what we do with that which we did not originate. To discover something wholly new can be...