Who is Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1902 – May 21, 1983) was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, The True Believer (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from both scholars and laymen, although Hoffer believed that The Ordeal of Change (1963) was his finest work. The Eric Hoffer Book Award is an international literary prize established in his honor. The University of California, Berkeley awards an annual literary prize named jointly for Hoffer.Early life
Many elements of Hoffer's early life are in doubt and never verified, but in autobiographical statements, Hoffer claimed to have been born in 1902 in The Bronx, New York City...
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- It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
- Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
- The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.
- The game of history is usually played by the best and the worst over the heads of the majority in the middle.
- The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.
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