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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.

Eric Hoffer

All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Children Leadership Transformation
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
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 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
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 search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Deep Happiness Search Wisdom
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
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
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
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
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Faith Hate Man People Yourself
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
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Freedom Harm Intellectual Privilege Reputation
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time

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