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It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.

Eric Hoffer

Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
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
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
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
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Atheist Care God Religious
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
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
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 creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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Creation Creative Dance Ideas Mindset Philosophy Play
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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Difference Doubt Fight Freedom Oppression Power Pride
The ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.
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Country Government High Intellectual Power Production
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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Action Age Human Invention Language Man Talk
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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God Identity Perspective Religious
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk

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