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" There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his. "
Eric Hoffer
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" Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something. "
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" It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt. "
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" There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. "
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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. "
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" We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. "
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" Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect. "
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" We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand. "
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" The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself. "
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" A dissenting minority feels free only when it can impose its will on the majority: what it abominates most is the dissent of the majority. "
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" Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat. "
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" The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it. "
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" Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless. "
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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. "
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" A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. "
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" To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are. "
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" Dissipation is a form of self-sacrifice. "
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" Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play. "
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" Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. "
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" A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time. "
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" The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves. "
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" A nation without dregs and malcontents is orderly, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come. "
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" We feel free when we escape - even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire. "
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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 the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny. "
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" You can never get enough of what you don't need to make you happy. "
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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. "
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