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To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.

Eric Hoffer

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
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
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
The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
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
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
Rudeness is the weak man’s limitation of strength.
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Limitation Man Rude Strength Weakness
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
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people’s business.
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Business Character Man Mindset People Worth
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
The beginning of thought is in disagreement – not only with others but also with ourselves.
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Agreement Beginning Ourselves Thinking
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.
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Age Busy Learning Ourselves Teaching Time Young
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice

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