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The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

Eric Hoffer

We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Philosophy Run
To learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can’t learn. If you have too much, you will think you don’t have to learn.
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Confidence Learning Need Thinking Yourself
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Belief Devil God Rise
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
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Chance Failure Person Repeat Success
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Faith Hate Man People Yourself
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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Ideas Leadership Play Quality World
The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
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Change Children Education Student Trouble

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

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