Quotes

I ran across this quote from Eric Hoffer:

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.

I was intrigued, so I looked up some other quotes by Mr Hoffer, American author and philosopher:

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is
compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

Every intense desire is perhaps a desire to be different from what we are.

In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future.

The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.

It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from
becoming anything.

And finally...

The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity.

Enjoy!