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I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

Eric Hoffer

The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody.
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Children Man Misery Mom Old Woman Young
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
Take man’s most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
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Atheist God Image Imitation Invention Man
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way
Nature is a self-made machine, more perfectly automated than any automated machine. To create something in the image of nature is to create a machine, and it was by learning the inner working of nature that man became a builder of machines.
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Build Creation Image Learning Man Nature Perfection Technology
Where freedom is real, equality is the passion of the masses. Where equality is real, freedom is the passion of a small minority.
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Difference Equality Freedom Passion Reality
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
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
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 compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
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Compassionate Justice Man Principle Protection
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Greatness Work

I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.

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