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" Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. "

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

" It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words. "

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" Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. "

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" It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. "

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" There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size. "

" Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature. "

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" To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. "

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

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

" The real Antichrist is he who turns the wine of an original idea into the water of mediocrity. "

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" To the old, the new is usually bad news. "

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" It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. "

" The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. "

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

" Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. "

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

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