Eric Hoffer Quotes About Certainty

Quotes about: Certainty

• We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

  Eric Hoffer

  Thinking, Certain, Agnosticism

  The True Believer Part 3, Chapter XII, Section 57 (p. 79)

• Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

  Eric Hoffer

  Courage, Fear, Feelings

• The remarkable thing is that it is the crowded life that is most easily remembered. A life full of turns, achievements, disappointments, surprises, and crises is a life full of landmarks. The empty life has even its few details blurred, and cannot be remembered with certainty.

  Eric Hoffer

  Disappointment, Empty Life, Achievement

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

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