Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.
WILLIAM JAMESWe hear the words we have spoken, feel our own blow as we give it, or read in the bystander’s eyes the success or failure of our conduct.
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There can be no difference anywhere that does not make a difference somewhere.
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Facts’ are the bounds of human knowledge, set for it, not by it.
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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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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Our beliefs and our attention are the same fact.
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Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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All of our life is but a mass of small habits – practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual – that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.
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All natural happiness thus seems infected with a contradiction. The breath of the sepulchre surrounds it.
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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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Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.
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A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him.
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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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At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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