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When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.

Eric Hoffer

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Attraction Evil Power Promise Weakness
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Difference Equality Freedom Passion Reality
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Death Judgement Kind Kindness Motive Ourselves
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Age Busy Learning Ourselves Teaching Time Young
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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Deep Faith Lost Wisdom
I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
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Destruction Leaving Nation Terrorism
The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
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Age Children Difference Education Human Learning People Togetherness True Willing
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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Cure Privacy Sick Trouble
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Reality Understand
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Chance Failure Person Repeat Success
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World

When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.

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