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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It is a paradox that in our time of drastic rapid change, when the future is in our midst devouring the present before our eyes, we have never been less certain about what is ahead of us.Eric Hoffer
The remarkable thing is that it is the crowded life that is most easily remembered. A life full of turns, achievements, disappointments, surprises, and crises is a life full of landmarks. The empty life has even its few details blurred, and cannot be remembered with certainty.
Eric Hoffer
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth
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The well adjusted make poor prophets. A pleasant existence blinds us to the possibilities of drastic change. We cling to what we call our common sense, our practical point of view. Actually, these are names for an all-absorbing familiarity with things as they are.... Thus it happens that when the times become unhinged, it is the practical people who are caught unaware ... still clinging to things that no longer exist.
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The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow - by the tilt of the social landscapes.
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A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
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