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" The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way. "

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" No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may be, if one has not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, one's character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. "

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" The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. "

" A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. "

" Man can alter his life by altering his thinking. "

" Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state. "

" Our normal waking consciousness, rational consciousness as we call it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different. "

" The sovereign cure for worry is prayer. "

" Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. "

" Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not. "

" Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not. "

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" Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another. "

" Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. "

" Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not. "

" In business for yourself, not by yourself. "

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" Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. "

" I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. "

" Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. "

" It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. "

" Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them. "

" If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. "

" We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. "

" To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. "

" If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. "

" To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being. "

" The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. "

" Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. "

" To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal. "

" Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver. "

" We don't laugh because we're happy - we're happy because we laugh. "

" Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. "