To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
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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
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It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
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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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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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