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To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Compassion is probably the only antitoxin of the soul. Where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Rabid suspicion has nothing in it of skepticism. The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
The sick in soul insist that it is humanity that is sick, and they are the surgeons to operate on it. They want to turn the world into a sickroom. And once they get humanity strapped to the operating table, they operate on it with an ax.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Modern man is weighed down more by the burden of responsibility than by the burden of sin.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
The fear of becoming a "has been" keeps some people from becoming anything.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Take away hatred from some people, and you have men without faith.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
When people are free to do as we please, they usually imitate each other.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)