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

Eric Hoffer

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
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Atheist Care God Religious
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
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom 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
One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.
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Freedom Harm Intellectual Privilege Reputation
Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.
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God Identity Perspective Religious
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
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Empty Hate Life Passionate Purpose
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.
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Lie Loud Ourselves
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
Never have the young taken themselves so seriously, and the calamity is that they are listened to and deferred to by so many adults.
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Adult Listening Serious Young
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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Corruption Faith Power
It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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Death Judgement Kind Kindness Motive Ourselves
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way
No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.
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Born Evil Government Human Kindness Life Sick Willing
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
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

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