The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
WILLIAM JAMESSince 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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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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Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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The lunatic’s visions of horror are all drawn from the material of daily fact.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
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Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none.
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The general law is that no mental modification ever occurs which is not accompanied or followed by a bodily change.
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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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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
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We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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We can change our circumstances by a mere change of our attitude.
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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
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There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
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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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