Brigitte

“I do not think I have any uncharitable prejudice against the rattlesnake, still, I should not like to be one.”
― Herman Melville

“The permanent misfits can find salvation only in a complete separation from the self; and they usually find it by losing themselves in the compact collectivity of a mass movement.”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

“The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others.”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

“There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.”
― Eric Hoffer, The True Believer