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Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.

Eric Hoffer

Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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Philosophy Yourself
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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Doubt Humility Life Practice Selfish Worth
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Children Leadership Transformation
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
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
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
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
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
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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Build Empty Evil Greatness Hard Hide Ourselves Philosophy Pretend Ugly
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.
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Alone Country Easy History People
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Business Character Man Mindset People Worth
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness

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