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There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.

Eric Hoffer

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
Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.
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Ability Creativity Introduction Nature
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
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Frustration Greatness Oneself Philosophy Satisfaction Wisdom
To know a person’s religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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Brand Faith Listening Need Person Professional Religion Tolerance
Anger is a prelude to courage.
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Angry Courage One Liner
Communists are frustrated capitalists.
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Attitude Character Frustration Identity One Liner
To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.
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Alive Feeling Inspirational Possible
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
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
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
Self-righteousness is a loud din raised to drown the voice of guilt within us.
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Guilty Justice Right Voice
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
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves.
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Boredom Oneself People
Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.
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Build Empty Evil Greatness Hard Hide Ourselves Philosophy Pretend Ugly
For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life.
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Achievement Future Greatness Leaving Life People Reason Yourself
It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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Excitement People Revolution Suffering Taste

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