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Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between

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

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The pre-human creature from which man evolved was unlike any other living thing in its malicious viciousness toward its own kind. Humanization was not a leap forward but a groping toward survival. – Eric Hoffer

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There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brothers keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper. – Eric Hoffer

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One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action – the ability to pass directly from thought to action. – Eric Hoffer

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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. – Anne Bronte

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This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art. – Robert Delaunay

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