Quote by Eric Hoffer
We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind. – Eric Hoffer

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Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from. – Eric Hoffer

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The fear of becoming a has-been keeps some people from becoming anything. – Eric Hoffer

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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves. – Eric Hoffer

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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. – Latin Proverb

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Channels are blocked in the mind, from the day. Lie down in blackness of night, forgotten remnants rush to the mind, or creeping slowly appear in the dreams. – Terri Guillemets

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Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way. – Koichi Tohei, Ki in Daily Life

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It’s hard to make up your bed while you’re still sleeping in it. Hard to make up your mind for the same reason. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience. – Albert Einstein

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The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts. – Rick Ross

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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. – Hippocrates

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The worlds a better place since I chose music. – Henry Rollins

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