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The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Eric Hoffer

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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Death Judgement Kind Kindness Motive Ourselves
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
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
What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.
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Appearance Face Mindset People Walk
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
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 are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
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Creation Desire Inspirational Motivational Opportunities Talent Wisdom
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
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
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
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
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
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power 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

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