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Hans Selye

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.
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Approval Thirst
The healthiest of all human emotions is gratitude.
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Emotion Gratitude Health Human
Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.
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Attitude Energy Gratitude Person Test
Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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Adopt Attitude Negative Oneself Positive Right Stress
To remain healthy a man must have some goal, some purpose in life that he can respect and be proud to work for.
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Goal Health Proud Purpose Respect Work
Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors?
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Enjoyment Errors Life Mistake
Stress is the spice of life.
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Life Spice Stress
To be totally without stress is to be dead.
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Death Stress
Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body’s resistance.
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Ability Body Dangerous Man Resistance
Indeed, not all attacks-especially the bitter and ridiculing kind leveled at Darwin-are offered in good faith, but for practical purposes it is good policy to assume that they are.
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Assumption Attack Faith Goodness Kind Offering Policy Purpose
Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.
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Old Organism Play Scars Stress Survive
Stress, in addition to being itself, was also the cause of itself, and the result of itself.
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Being Reason Result Stress
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions .
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Contribution Focus Life Live
Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.
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Achievement Defeat Failure Greatness Past Yourself
Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than conscious concentration on pleasant ones.
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Conscious Erase Oneself Pleasant
The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement.
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Amazement Faculty Lose Science True

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