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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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Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a search for a plot and a pattern in the development of his life story — a story that is basically without meaning or pattern. – Eric Hoffer

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Storytelling
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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. – Eric Hoffer

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

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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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The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. – Sigmund Freud

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It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. – Mark Twain

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The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The education of women is the best way to save the environment. – E. O. Wilson

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And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy. – Janet Napolitano

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If we had in this room a hundred teachers, good teachers from good schools, and asked them to define the word education, there would be very little general agreement. – William Glasser

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