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Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.

Eric Hoffer

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
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Children Leadership Transformation
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
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
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
No 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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Born Evil Government Human Kindness Life Sick Willing
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Attitude Change Simplicity Yourself
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak.
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Attraction Evil Power Promise Weakness
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Belief Devil God Rise
The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.
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Choice Deep Freedom Philosophy
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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Change Deep Poison Truth Yourself
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

Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.

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