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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.

William James

It is art that makes life, and I know of no substitute whatsoever for the force and beauty of its process.
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Art Force Process
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance.
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Agents Ordinance Uprising Wheels
Asceticism may be a mere expression of organic hardihood, disgusted with too much ease.
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Asceticism Ease Expression
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.
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Facts Philosophy Way
New habits can be launched.
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Habit New Launched
An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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Ethics Philosophical Quality
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.
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Differences Important Personality
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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Inspirational Positive Success
Time itself comes in drops.
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Come Drop Philosophical Itself
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying

We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.

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