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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.

William James

No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.
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Failure Lows Person
Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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Believe Faith Philosophical
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
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Art Life Positive
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Believe Government Philosophical
All religions begin with the cry Help.
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Cry Helping Religion
Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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Facts Knowledge Science
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a university.
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Character Mean Organization
Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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Circles People Sith
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Credit Facts Truth
Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling law.
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Law Science Together
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
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Positive Wisdom Wise

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