We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
ERIC HOFFERNo matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
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Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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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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Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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I can never forget that one of the most gifted, best educated nations in the world, of its own free will, surrendered its fate into the hands of a maniac.
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To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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