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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 are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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Creation Desire Inspirational Motivational Opportunities Talent Wisdom
Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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Philosophy Yourself
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
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
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
Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Country Education Nation Present
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Reality Understand
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Philosophy Run
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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Difficult Empty Force Wisdom
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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Ability Capacity Ourselves Respect Tolerance
Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.
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Adult Listening Serious Young
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

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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