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As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.

William James

The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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Devil Feet Long
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
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
The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Mind Peculiar Self
Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Contribution Effort World
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is ‘ten times nature’.
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Educational Inspirational Philosophy
The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.
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Country Teacher Teaching
So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky.
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Children Effortless Reading Sky
Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear.
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Decide Shaped Views World
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
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
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
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Choices Differences Men Savage

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