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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

Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
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
Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Difference Equality Freedom Passion Reality
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Deep Happiness Search Wisdom
To learn you need a certain degree of confidence, not too much and not too little. If you have too little confidence, you will think you can’t learn. If you have too much, you will think you don’t have to learn.
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Confidence Learning Need Thinking Yourself
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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Cure Privacy Sick Trouble
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
I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.
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Destruction Leaving Nation Terrorism
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large extent on the capacity for getting along with ourselves. The self-respecting individual will try to be as tolerant of his neighbor’s shortcomings as he is of his own.
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Ability Capacity Ourselves Respect Tolerance
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Faith Hate Man People Yourself
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Chance Failure Person Repeat Success

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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