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The capacity for people to kid themselves is huge. Living on illusions or delusions, and the re-establishing of these illusions or delusions requires a big… — James Hillman
I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness. — Christopher Hitchens
Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they… — Thomas Hobbes
Indolence, of course, is an absolutely crucial part of the creative process: you do not find poets sitting in rows in cavernous word factories, staring… — Tom Hodgkinson
In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. — Eric Hoffer
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. — Eric Hoffer
With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of… — Eric Hoffer
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves. — Eric Hoffer
Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're… — Alice Hoffman
People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else - very rarely to those who say to themselves, 'Go to, now, let us… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to… — Evander Holyfield
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic… — Herbert Hoover
I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all that. People didn't waste… — Anthony Hopkins
I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time. — Khaled Hosseini
It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.… — Vanessa Hudgens
Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. — Victor Hugo
We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common… — Jane D. Hull
There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and… — David Hume
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my… — Zora Neale Hurston
Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much. — Zora Neale Hurston
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. — Robert M. Hutchins
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance… — Aldous Huxley
People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. — Aldous Huxley

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