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It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn.

Eric Hoffer

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
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
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Change Deep Poison Truth Yourself
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
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Reality Understand
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 creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.
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Creation Creative Dance Ideas Mindset Philosophy Play
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
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
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
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
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
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
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
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Choice Goodness Habit Live Possible
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Freedom Imitation People
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.
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Betrayal Deal Hard Selfish Stupidity

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