To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
From Eric Hoffer
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.
Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners.
Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.
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