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So our self-feeling in this world depends entirely on what we back ourselves to be and do.

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Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved.
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Good Hell Intention Intentions
Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive.
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Alive Attitude Authenticity
No one sees further into a generalization than his own knowledge of detail extends.
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Details Generalization Knowledge
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.
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Differences Everything Insightful Making
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
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Chapters Egotism Religion
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.
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Opposites Statement Truth
The ultimate test of what a truth means is the conduct it dictates or inspires.
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Inspire Mean Truth
One of the greatest discoveries of our time is that a man can alter the state of their life by altering the state of their mind.
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Discovery Men Mind
Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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Appreciated Human Nature Principles
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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Decision Order Responsibility
Focus on increasing service. Becoming great where you are. Pile in the wood. The heat will follow.
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Becoming Great Focus Woods
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world’s life
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Educational Men Philosophy
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
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Inspirational Motivational Relationship
When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.
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Broken Concepts Reality

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