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Eric Hoffer

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
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Attitude Change Simplicity Yourself
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way
The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
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Children Man Misery Mom Old Woman Young
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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Angel Hate Human Man Nature Savior
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
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Deep Equality Expose Meaning Ourselves Passion Perspective
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
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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Be Yourself Different Improvement Philosophy Transformation Wisdom
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
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
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Easy Friendship Humanity Love
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness

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