Eric Hoffer Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: July 25, 1902 - May 21, 1983
Birthday: July 25
Death: May 21
Man is a luxury-loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.
source: "Reflections on the Human Condition". Book by Eric Hoffer. Section 28, 1973.
topic: Animal, Men, Play, Subsistence, Sluggish
