Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.
Eric Hoffer
More from: Eric Hoffer
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again. -
The power to question is the basis of all human progress. -
None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. -
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. -
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
More quotes by Eric Hoffer
- 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.