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I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.

Eric Hoffer

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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Deep Happiness Search Wisdom
Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us.
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Blame Fair Play Wrong
You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.
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Enough Happiness Need Philosophy Wisdom Yourself
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
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Reality Understand
Children are the keys of paradise.
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Children Heaven Key One Liner
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
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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Philosophy Yourself
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
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Discover Enemy Fear Scare Yourself
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
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Eyes Fade Hide Imperfection Ourselves Reveal Scars
The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
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Doctor Humanity Room Sick Soul World
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity

I have a premonition that will not leave me: as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish, the holocaust will be upon us.

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