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We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

Eric Hoffer

Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
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
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
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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Destruction Leaving Nation Terrorism
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others.
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Difference Doubt Fight Freedom Oppression Power Pride
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Reality Understand
An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.
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Difficult Empty Force Wisdom
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.
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Belief Devil God Rise
Up to now, America has not been a good milieu for the rise of a mass movement. What starts out here as a mass movement ends up as a racket, a cult, or a corporation.
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End Goodness Military Rise
Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
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Imitation One Liner Rude Strength Weakness
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
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Attitude Change Simplicity Yourself
The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together.
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Age Children Difference Education Human Learning People Togetherness True Willing

We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.

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