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When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion, action will.

William James

We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.
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Book Cat Conservations Dog
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
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Combat Stress Weapons
A man with no philosophy in him is the most inauspicious and unprofitable of all possible social mates.
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Men Philosophy Social
Man can change his life simply by changing his attitude.
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Attitude Changing Men
Men habitually use only a small part of the power which they actually possess.
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Men Parts Small Use
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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Congratulations Self Esteem Success
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.
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Blessed Deception Giving Up
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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Destiny Men Tree
Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours.
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Anything Firmly Imagination May
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text
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Dog Littles Writing
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don’t want to do
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Exercise Inspiration Somebody Two
The true’to put it very briefly, is only the expedient in the way of our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only the expedient in the way of our behaving.
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Briefly Thinking True Way
In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.
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Educational Philosophy School
For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.
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Political Volunteer War
Truth is something that happens to an idea.
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Happen Ideas Truth
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
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Interesting Most Personal

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