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

Eric Hoffer

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
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
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
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.
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Adult Difference Growth
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.
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Enemy Ideal Kind Man Sacrifice
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
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
The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.
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Angel Hate Human Man Nature Savior
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
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
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
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one’s neighbor.
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Easy Friendship Humanity Love

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