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The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

William James

Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.
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Character Circumstances Enough Repeated
The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.
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Die Education Philosophical
A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
We want all our friends to tell us our bad qualities; it is only the particular ass that does so whom we can’t tolerate.
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Best Cute Friendship Friend Quality
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.
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Feelings Self World
There’s nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.
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Believe People Propaganda
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
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Democracy Genius People
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions.
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Function Intellect Thinking

The sovereign cure for worry is prayer.

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