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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.

Eric Hoffer

To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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Brand Faith Listening Need Person Professional Religion Tolerance
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
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
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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Betrayal Deal Hard Selfish Stupidity
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Age Busy Learning Ourselves Teaching Time Young
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
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
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
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Deep Ourselves Philosophy Run
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Easy Friendship Humanity Love
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
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
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Life Live Obsession Passionate World
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

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