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

William James

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.
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Altering Life Mind States
Faith is synonymous with working hypothesis.
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Faith Hypothesis
History is a bath of blood.
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Bath Blood History
Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.
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Mean Reality Truth
Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.
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Humorous Life Philosophical
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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Devil Feet Long
Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.
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Believe Men Needs
The most immutable barrier in nature is between one man’s thoughts and another’s.
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Barriers Immutable Men
The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action.
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Action Emotional Feelings
If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill. But more important than that, practicing this philosophy has made a different person of me.
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Appreciation Attitude Philosophy
You must bring out of each word its practical cash-value, set it at work within the stream of your experience.
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Cash Experience Stream
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
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Encouraging Life Positive
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
Objective evidence and certitude are doubtless very fine ideals to play with, but where on this moonlit and dream-visited planet are they found?
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Dream Play Science
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

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

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