There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
WILLIAM JAMESIt is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
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The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.
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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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When once a decision is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
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It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.
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Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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