A low capacity for getting along with those near us often goes hand in hand with a high receptivity to the idea of the brotherhood of men.
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We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.
There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.
Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding.
Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.
How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!
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