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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.

Eric Hoffer

Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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Atheist God Image Imitation Invention Man
The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies.
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Ability Achievement Country Education Important Live People Production Satisfaction
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 compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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Compassionate Justice Man Principle Protection
Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.
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Easy Inspirational Motivational Work
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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Doctor Humanity Room Sick Soul World
It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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Excitement People Revolution Suffering Taste
There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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Judgement Nation Nature People
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
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
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
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

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