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It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

William James

A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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Common Dance Humor Sense
If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
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Alcohol Feel Feelings Good
If you want to change your life, do it flamboyantly and start immediately.
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Changing Immediately Life Want
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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Book Cat Conservations Dog
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
Pretend what we may, the whole man within us is at work when we form our philosophical opinions.
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Men Philosophical Philosophy
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
True to her inveterate habit, rationalism reverts to ‘principles,’ and thinks that when an abstraction once is named, we own an oracular solution.
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Habit Principles Thinking
The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.
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Consciousness May Splits
Man alone of all the creatures of earth can change his own pattern. Man alone is the architect of his own destiny.
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Destiny Men Tree
The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.
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Math Passion Union
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
Lives based on having are less free than lives based either on doing or being.
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Based Inspirational Life Test
The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Humans Needs
In business for yourself, not by yourself.
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Business Inspirational Philosophical
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega

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