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Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.

Eric Hoffer

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
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
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Cheating Feeling Himself Missing Right Thinking Trust Wonderful World
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
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
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
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
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
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
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Philosophy Run
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
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
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 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

Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.

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Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.

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