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Philosophy lives in words, but truth and fact well up into our lives in ways that exceed verbal formulation.

William James

The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.
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Allies Education Enemy
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.
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Action Emotion Inspiration
So to feel brave, act as if we were brave, use all our will to that end…and a courage-fit will very likely replace the fit of fear.
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Anticipation Brave Use
Most men have a good memory for facts connected with their own pursuits.
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Educational Memories Philosophy
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
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Ideas Men Twenties
A new position of responsibility will usually show a man to be a far stronger creature than was supposed.
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Men Responsibility Stronger
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves… instead of talking to themselves.
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People Talking Unhappiness
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.
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Esteem Failure Inspirational Self
Everything which is demanded is by that fact a good.
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Demanded Everything Facts
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly.
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Attitude Mean Ugly

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