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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

William James

There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Meaningful Motivational Perseverance
Truth happens to an idea
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Happens Ideas Truth
There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Differences Making Somewhere
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Learning Philosophical Wisdom
The drunken consciousness is one bit of the mystic consciousness, and our total opinion of it must find its place in our opinion of that larger whole.
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Consciousness Mystic Opinion
It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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Change Life Positive
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
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Broken Concepts Reality
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.
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Anything Dream Everything May
I am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
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Believe Ideas Truth
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.

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