Selected quotes from The True Believer: (rec per @AbstractFairy)
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"...but to those who crave to be rid of an unwanted self. A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation."
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"People who see their lives as irremediably spoiled cannot find a worth-while purpose in self-advancement. The prospect of an individual career cannot stir them to a mighty effort, nor can it evoke in them faith and a single-minded dedication."
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"Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves" "The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready is he to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause"
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"The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. [What looks like giving a hand is often a holding on for dear life.] Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless."
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