Author: Eric Hoffer

Cites

• Michel de Montaigne (1)
  • IN: Reflections on the Human Condition (None) NULL, American
    EPIGRAPH: A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himselff.
    FROM: on solitude, (1580), Essay, France

Cited by

• Massimo Gramellini (1)
  • IN: Sweet Dreams, Little One (2012) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Far more important than what we do know or do not know is what we do not want to know.
    FROM: The Passionate State of Mind, (1954), Book, US
• Minette Walters (1)
  • IN: The Cellar (2015) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
    FROM: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movement, (1951), Book, US
• Alexandra Hamlet (1)
  • IN: The Right Guard (2011) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: There is hardly an instance of an intact army giving rise to a religious, revolutionary or nationalist movement. On the other hand, a disintegrating army - whether by orderly process of demobilisation or by desertion due to demoralisation - is fertile ground for a proselytizing movement.
    FROM: The True Believer, (1951), Book, US
• Yasmine Galenorn (1)
  • IN: Autumn Whispers (2013) Fantasy, American
    EPIGRAPH: It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, US