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The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

William James

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
Once you accept an idea, it’s an idea whose time has come.
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Accepting Daring Ideas
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Evil Healthy Individual
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.
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Community Friendship Sympathy
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
The mind, in short, works on the data it receives very much as the sculptor works on his block of stone.
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Block Data Mind
At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.
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Appreciate Desire Friendship
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.
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Fears Form Great Life Things
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task
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Attitude Procrastination Tasks

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