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" When we believe ourselves in possession of the only truth, we are likely to be indifferent to common everyday truths. "

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" With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves. "

" It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. "

" We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. "

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

" An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. "

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

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

" The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. "

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

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

" The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets. "

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

" The misery of a child is interesting to a mother, the misery of a young man is interesting to a young woman, the misery of an old man is interesting to nobody. "

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

" There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. "

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

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

" Children are the keys of paradise. "

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