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The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.

William James

Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
To some of us the thought of God is like a sort of quiet music playing in the background of the mind.
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Mind Philosophy Quiet
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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Country Teacher Teaching
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
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
The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
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Civilization Class Fear
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
All natural goods perish. Riches take wings; fame is a breath; love is a cheat; youth and health and pleasure vanish.
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Health Love Wings
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
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
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

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