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To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

Eric Hoffer

It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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Excitement People Revolution Suffering Taste
Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.
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Beginning Confidence Hate Heart Life Lost Way
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
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Deep Happiness Search Wisdom
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
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
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
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Chance Failure Person Repeat Success
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
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
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
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
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
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
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Faith Hate Man People Yourself
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

To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

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