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The deepest hunger in human beings is the desire to be appreciated.

William James

We are stereotyped creatures, imitators and copiers of our past selves.
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Habit Past Self
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
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Change Life Philosophical
Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system
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Credit Facts Truth
We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.
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Example Human Nature Proud
A paradise of inward tranquility seems to be faith’s usual result.
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Inward Paradise Usual
In the matter of belief, we are all extreme conservatives.
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Belief Extremes Matter
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
The strenuous life tastes better
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Better Strenuous Taste
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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Affection Alpha Omega
Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed.
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Broken Funny Habit
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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Encouragement Encouraging Inspirational
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.
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Natural Political Politics
There can be no final truth in ethics any more than in physics, until the last man has had his experience and said his say.
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Finals Lasts Men
Every individual existence goes out in a lonely spasm of helpless agony.
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Agony Individual Lonely

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