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Fear of life in one form or another is the great thing to exorcise.

William James

Mankind’s common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
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Heroism Reality Theatre
We hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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Bystanders Eye Teaching
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
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
The education of attention would be an education par excellence
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Attention Education Excellence
One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
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Growth Men Years
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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Law Medicine Philosophy
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use

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