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It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Eric Hoffer

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
A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority.
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Feeling Freedom Opinion Willing
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
Unlike the pattern which seems to prevail in the rest of life, in the human species the weak not only survive but often triumph over the strong. The self-hatred inherent in the weak unlocks energies far more formidable then those mobilized by an ordinary struggle for existence.
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Energy Existence Hate Human Life Pattern Strong Struggle Survive Weakness Win
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
Death has but one terror, that it has no tomorrow.
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Death Deep Future Terrorism
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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Change Deep Poison Truth Yourself
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
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
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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Deep Faith Lost Wisdom
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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Betrayal Deal Hard Selfish Stupidity
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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Be Yourself Different Improvement Philosophy Transformation Wisdom
A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one’s own life.
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Life Live Obsession Passionate World

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

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