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Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
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Atheist Care God Religious
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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Alone Country Easy History People
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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Feeling Freedom Opinion Willing
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 creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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Creation Creative Dance Ideas Mindset Philosophy Play
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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God Identity Perspective Religious
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
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
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Children Leadership Transformation
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Easy Friendship Humanity Love
The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
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Choice Deep Freedom Philosophy
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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Adult Difference Growth
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

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