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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

Eric Hoffer

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
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
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
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Attitude Change Simplicity Yourself
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Appearance Face Mindset People Walk
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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Choice Goodness Habit Live Possible
Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
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Energy Existence Hate Human Life Pattern Strong Struggle Survive Weakness Win
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Eyes Fade Hide Imperfection Ourselves Reveal Scars
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Faith Hate Man People Yourself
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
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Doubt Humility Life Practice Selfish Worth
Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Beautiful Deal Equipment Existence Learning Truth World

Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

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