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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 future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.
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Future Learning World
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
We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
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Reality Understand
Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
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Eyes Fade Hide Imperfection Ourselves Reveal Scars
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind.
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Mindset Myself Prejudice
Nowhere at present is there such a measureless loathing of their country by educated people as in America.
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Country Education Nation Present
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
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
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Blessing Count Hard Mathematics Ourselves
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
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Attitude Character Food Hands People
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
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Charm Difference Growth Stupidity
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
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
A great man’s greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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Goodness Greatness Luck Man Right Time
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
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
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Greatness Work
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
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Deep Future Power Way

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

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