It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
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A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.Eric Hoffer
It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice of some of the moral sense which cramps and restrains our nature.
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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
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No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.
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We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.
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A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men
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