Eric Hoffer Quote

To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced lack of sensitivity in underestimating (ourselves and others) than in overestimating.


Entry (1957) - Eric Hoffer and the Art of the Notebook (2005)


To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced...

To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced...

To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced...

To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a more pronounced...