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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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It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. – Eric Hoffer

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power
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Eric Hoffer
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The necessary has never been mans top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human uniqueness. Unlike other forms of life, mans greatest exertions are made in the pursuit not of necessities but of superfluities. – Eric Hoffer

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Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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Perhaps God gives us a physical body so that every time we change our mind, we won’t be someone else. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else… – J.K. Rowling, “The Second War Begins,” Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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