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Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

Eric Hoffer

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
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Cure Privacy Sick Trouble
We see through others only when we see through ourselves.
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Character Philosophy See Wisdom Yourself
There is a tendency to judge a race, a nation or any distinct group by its leastworthy members.
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Judgement Nation Nature People
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
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
Language was invented to ask questions.
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Invention Language Talk
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
All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.
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Children Leadership Transformation
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Betrayal Help People
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
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Corruption Deep Power Weakness
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Greatness Work
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
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

Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

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