5 Eric Hoffer Quotes on Confidence

Eric Hoffer quotes on confidence

21. We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. A doctrine that is understood is shorn of its strength.

69. Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own... Whether it our own meaningless self we are upholding, or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.

112. To the excessively fearful the chief characteristic of power is its arbitrariness. Man had to gain enormously in confidence before he could conceive an all-powerful God who obeys his own laws.

156. Some people have no original ideas because they do not think well enough of themselves to consider their ideas worth noticing and developing.

209. The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than of deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.