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It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

Eric Hoffer

The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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God Identity Perspective Religious
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way
Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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Beginning Confidence Hate Heart Life Lost Way
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
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
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Greatness Work
The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.
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Ideas Leadership Play Quality World
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
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
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End Goodness Military Rise
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Reality Understand
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

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

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