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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.

Eric Hoffer

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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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.
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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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Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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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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Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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The trouble is not chiefly that our universities are unfit for students but that many present-day students are unfit for universities.
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Change Children Education Student Trouble
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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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

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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