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“The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.” quote by Eric Hoffer — Download Open image

“The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.”

Eric Hoffer

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When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.

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“We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.”

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The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

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A nation without dregs and malcontents, is orderly, decent, peaceful and pleasant, but perhaps without the seed of things to come

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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

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