Big Books of 2026

Eric Hoffer > Quotes > Quotable Quote

 

 (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Eric Hoffer

“It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.”

― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
tags: the-true-believer
Read more quotes from Eric Hoffer


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter
Like Quote

Recommend to friends
Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

56 likes
All Members Who Liked This Quote

James Erlandson
James
0 books
view quotes

 
Oct 21, 2025 11:35AM
Gega Khavtasi
Gega
416 books
view quotes

 
Dec 21, 2024 11:12PM
Tim Martin
Tim
2,886 books
view quotes

 
Sep 13, 2024 01:41PM
Angelina
Angelina
1,128 books
view quotes

 
Jan 26, 2024 05:21AM
Côme-Alexis
Côme-Alexis
274 books
view quotes

 
Dec 20, 2023 10:27AM
Matthew Robinson
Matthew
535 books
view quotes

 
Oct 13, 2021 08:15PM
ALEXANDRA
ALEXANDRA
1 book
view quotes

 
Apr 16, 2021 06:22PM
Matt Evans
Matt
190 books
view quotes

 
Apr 12, 2021 01:30PM
Susan
Susan
1,648 books
view quotes

 
Mar 16, 2021 02:59PM
Nezmi Guliyeva
Nezmi
220 books
view quotes

 
Oct 17, 2020 10:00AM
Dorian McIntire
Dorian
3 books
view quotes

 
Jun 12, 2020 09:47AM
Faskari Babangida
Faskari
4,113 books
view quotes

 
Jun 01, 2020 06:36AM
John Harvard
John Harvard
237 books
view quotes

 
Jul 13, 2019 01:26PM
A
A
1,460 books
view quotes

 
Jun 07, 2019 06:32AM
Siddartha
Siddartha
3,711 books
view quotes

 
Mar 05, 2019 01:31AM
Daniel A
Daniel
0 books
view quotes

 
Nov 14, 2018 05:25PM
Kirk Norton
Kirk
3 books
view quotes

 
Jul 10, 2018 02:31AM
Sarah kamal
Sarah
2,020 books
view quotes

 
Jan 27, 2018 04:10AM
Tushant
Tushant
658 books
view quotes

 
Sep 06, 2017 12:47PM
Nick
Nick
527 books
view quotes

 
Aug 27, 2017 08:37PM
Justin
Justin
1,001 books
view quotes

 
May 20, 2017 07:44AM
Mohamed Moussa
Mohamed
999 books
view quotes

 
Apr 24, 2017 12:54AM
Tim Goebel
Tim
19,306 books
view quotes

 
Mar 17, 2017 03:30AM
Basil Bassam
Basil
107 books
view quotes

 
Nov 22, 2016 03:51PM
George Parris
George
4 books
view quotes

 
Nov 10, 2016 06:08AM
Babak Shokouhi
Babak
109 books
view quotes

 
Aug 05, 2016 08:57AM
Lee Welter
Lee
4 books
view quotes

 
Jun 09, 2016 03:57PM
Nihal Zaki
Nihal
18 books
view quotes

 
Jun 05, 2016 11:55AM
Layla
Layla
36 books
view quotes

 
May 20, 2016 11:56AM
Bakunin
Bakunin
21,303 books
view quotes

 
Sep 12, 2015 01:39PM
Paul
Paul
884 books
view quotes

 
Mar 28, 2015 12:43PM
Mohamed Elserry
Mohamed
261 books
view quotes

 
Mar 06, 2015 04:49AM
Taylor Brandt
Taylor
37 books
view quotes

 
Jun 27, 2014 01:05PM
Martin
Martin
482 books
view quotes

 
Apr 21, 2014 09:45PM
Adnan
Adnan
759 books
view quotes

 
Apr 17, 2014 01:03AM
Aaron
Aaron
267 books
view quotes

 
Nov 25, 2013 05:05PM
Elliot
Elliot
2,571 books
view quotes

 
Dec 03, 2012 09:03PM
Brad
Brad
137 books
view quotes

 
Nov 30, 2012 12:41PM
Dylan
Dylan
4,704 books
view quotes

 
Nov 17, 2012 12:26AM
Stéphanie
Stéphanie
937 books
view quotes

 
May 02, 2012 11:02AM
Ruchika
Ruchika
260 books
view quotes

 
Oct 30, 2011 11:41AM
Ryan
Ryan
425 books
view quotes

 
Oct 23, 2011 05:34PM
Samantha
Samantha
508 books
view quotes

 
Sep 04, 2011 12:27PM
Ganbold Chelikov
Ganbold
81 books
view quotes

 
Sep 04, 2011 11:41AM

All Quotes
My Quotes
Add A Quote

This Quote Is From

The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
11,870 ratings, average rating, 1,743 reviews
Open Preview

Browse By Tag