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The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.

William James

At bottom, the whole concern of religion is with the manner of our acceptance of the universe.
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Acceptance Wisdom Wise
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
We must be careful not to confuse data with the abstractions we use to analyse them.
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Data Powerful Science
There is but one unconditional commandment … to bring about the very largest total universe of good which we can see.
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Helping Others Unconditional Volunteering
Pure experience’ is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.
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Flux Names Reflection
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.
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Belief Believe Experience Lying
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.
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Attitude Philosophical Positive
… the intellect, everywhere invasive, shows everywhere its shallowing effect.
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Effects Intellect Shows
Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.
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Evil Prove Ruling
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
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Inspirational Philosophical Sadness
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
The most peculiar social self which one is apt to have is in the mind of the person one is in love with.
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Mind Peculiar Self
Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain.
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Energy Mean Pain
Give your dreams all you’ve got, and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
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Basketball Dream Perseverance
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
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Fear Happiness Stress

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