To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
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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 menEric Hoffer
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
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Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.
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The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.
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The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else we are the busiest people in the world.
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To our real, naked selves there is not a thing on earth or in heaven worth dying for. It is only when we see ourselves as actors in a staged (and therefore unreal) performance that death loses its frightfulness and finality and becomes an act of make-believe and a theatrical gesture. It is one of the main tasks of a real leader to mask the grim reality of dying and killing by evoking in his followers the illusion that they are participating in a grandiose spectacle, a solemn or lighthearted dramatic performance.
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