Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.Eric Hoffer
There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
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Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.
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It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt.
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The Paleolithic hunters who painted the unsurpassed animal murals on the ceiling of the cave at Altamira had only rudimentary tools. Art is older than production for use, and play older than work. Man was shaped less by what he had to do than by what he did in playful moments. It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities.
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