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The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

Eric Hoffer

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
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
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
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Eyes Fade Hide Imperfection Ourselves Reveal Scars
Language was invented to ask questions. Answers may be given by grunts and gestures, but questions must be spoken. Humanness came of age when man asked the first question.
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Action Age Human Invention Language Man Talk
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
Learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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Beautiful Deal Equipment Existence Learning Truth World
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Deep Happiness Search Wisdom
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature

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