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" A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time. "

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" In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. "

" We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious. "

" There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. "

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

" Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice. "

" We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams. "

" Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. "

" Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself. "

" You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. "

" When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion. "

" Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith. "

" Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. "

" It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. "

" Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous. "

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" Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem. "

" One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action. "

" Where there is the necessary technical skill to move mountains, there is no need for the faith that moves mountains. "

" Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident. "

" It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. "

" Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect. "

" There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. "

" Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. "

" I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind. "

" 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. "

" The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. "

" To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question. "

" A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. "

" What greater reassurance can the weak have than that they are like anyone else? "

" Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. "

" We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution. "